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couverte

French, noun/ku.vɛʁt/

couverte is spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-E (8 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couverte is a French feminine noun meaning “covering, covert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of couvert. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui recouvre quelque chose”.

What does couverte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecovering, covert

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of couvert

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ce qui recouvre quelque chose. 2. Voilure dont on couvre un vaisseau désarmé. 3. Couverture de lit. 4. Couverture de selle de cavalerie.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of couverte

  • couvertes plural
  • couvarte

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce couverte?

  • /ku.vɛʁt/
  • \ku.vɛʁt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is couverte in French?

couverte appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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