futon

futon

See also: Futon and FUTON

English

two futons (thin mattresses)

a futon (sofa-bed)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 布団 (futon), in turn from Middle Chinese 蒲團 (MC buo duɑn, “meditation cushion”) (compare Mandarin 蒲团 (pútuán)), from 蒲 (“bulrush, cattail”) + 團 (“sphere, round object”) from the way the original cushion was round and made from woven bulrushes.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfuːtɒn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfutɑn/
• Rhymes: -uːtɒn

Noun

futon (plural futons)

1. A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
   • 1891, Eliza Scidmore, Jinrikisha Days in Japan, page 145:

     The Japanese bed is the floor, with a wooden box under the neck for a pillow and a futon for a covering. To the foreigner the Japanese landlord allows five or six futons, or cotton-wadded comforters, and they make a tolerable mattress, although not springy, and rather apt to be damp and musty.

2. A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves.
3. A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.
   • 2011 November 18, Ryan Allis, “From Dumpster Diving to Running a $50 Million Company”, in Time‎:

     I was 18 years old, sleeping on a futon, cooking on a George Foreman grill and showering at a friend's house every few days.

Translations

thin mattress placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame

Arabic: فُوتُون‎ m (futūn), فُوتُون يَابَانِيّ‎ m (fūtūn yābāniyy) Bulgarian: шалте n (šalte) Chinese: Mandarin: 床墊／床垫 (zh) (chuángdiàn), 布團／布团 (bùtuán) Esperanto: futono Finnish: futon (fi) French: futon (fr) m German: Futon (de) m Italian: materasso giapponese m, futon m Japanese: 布団 (ja) (ふとん, futon), ふとん (ja) (futon), 蒲団 (ja) (ふとん, futon) Korean: 후톤 (huton) Marathi: फुतोन f (phuton) Portuguese: futon (pt) m Russian: футо́н (ru) m (futón) Spanish: futón m Welsh: ffŵton m

a Japanese cushion for meditation

Arabic: فُوتُون‎ m (futūn), فُوتُون يَابَانِيّ‎ m (fūtūn yābāniyy) Chinese: Mandarin: 布團／布团 (bùtuán), 坐垫 (zh) (zuòdiàn), 蒲團／蒲团 (zh) (pútuán) Finnish: futon (fi) German: Futon (de) m Italian: futon m Japanese: 布団 (ja) (ふとん, futon), ふとん (ja) (futon), 蒲団 (ja) (ふとん, futon) Korean: 후톤 (huton) Russian: футо́н (ru) m (futón)

Anagrams

• fount

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Esperanto

Noun

futon

1. accusative singular of futo

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Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 布団 (futon, ふとん).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuton/, [ˈfut̪o̞n]
• Rhymes: -uton
• Syllabification^(key): fu‧ton

Noun

futon

1. futon

Declension

Inflection of futon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		futon	futonit
genitive		futonin	futonien futoneiden futoneitten
partitive		futonia	futoneita futoneja
illative		futoniin	futoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		futon	futonit
accusative	nom.	futon	futonit
	gen.	futonin
genitive		futonin	futonien futoneiden futoneitten
partitive		futonia	futoneita futoneja
inessive		futonissa	futoneissa
elative		futonista	futoneista
illative		futoniin	futoneihin
adessive		futonilla	futoneilla
ablative		futonilta	futoneilta
allative		futonille	futoneille
essive		futonina	futoneina
translative		futoniksi	futoneiksi
instructive		—	futonein
abessive		futonitta	futoneitta
comitative		—	futoneineen

Possessive forms of futon (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	futonini	futonimme
2nd person	futonisi	futoninne
3rd person	futoninsa

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Indonesian

futon

Etymology

From Japanese 布団(ふとん) (futon), 布團(ふとん) (futon), from Middle Chinese 蒲團 (bu-dwan, “meditation cushion”) (compare Mandarin 蒲团 (pútuán)), from 蒲 (“cattail”) + 團 (“sphere, round object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfu.tɔn]
• Hyphenation: fu‧ton

Noun

futon (plural futon-futon, first-person possessive futonku, second-person possessive futonmu, third-person possessive futonnya)

1. futon: a Japanese-style mattress or duvet; a thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.

   Hypernym: matras

Further reading

• “futon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

futon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふとん