couverture
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English
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from French couverture . Doublet of coverture .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]couverture (countable and uncountable , plural couvertures )
- Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate.
- Alternative spelling of coverture .
Translations
[edit ]chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- OED2
French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Inherited from Old French coverture , from Late Latin coopertūra , from Latin coopertus . By surface analysis, couvrir + -ture .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]couverture f (plural couvertures )
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Descendants
[edit ]- Mauritian Creole: kouvertir
Further reading
[edit ]- "couverture", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old French coverture , from Late Latin coopertūra , from Latin coopertus .
Noun
[edit ]couverture f (plural couvertures )
- (Guernsey ) cover, bedclothes
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