couverture
French, noun/ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ/
couverture is spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couverture is a French feminine noun meaning “blanket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande pièce d’étoffe épaisse couvrant le lit, se plaçant au-dessus des draps”.
What does couverture mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblanket
- 2
femininecoverage
- 3
femininecover, covering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande pièce d’étoffe épaisse couvrant le lit, se plaçant au-dessus des draps. 2. Première page d’un ouvrage imprimé. 3. Partie extérieure d’un livre servant à le protéger. 4. Partie extérieure de la toiture.
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 couverture
- couvertures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couverture?
- /ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ/
- \ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ\
- [ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couverture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couverture in French?
couverture appears 35 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).