couette French · revision 15652

+ {{homograph|1|duvet}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=1154–1173, coute (Benoît de Sainte-Maure)|origins=la culcita}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kwɛt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''couette''' ''f'' (plural couettes)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''coute'', ''coilte'', ''coite'', ''cuete''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The duvet is [[inh|fro|coute]], [[inh|la|culcita|t=mattress, cushion]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|2, 1493a) which developed in two ways according to region, giving [[m|fro|coute]] and [[m|fro|coite]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Bloch and Wartburg think ''coute'' may have been reshaped after [[coucher]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The Latin word also gave [[it|coltrice]] and [[osp|colcedra]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) and the Old French form [[m|fro|cuilte]] passed into English as [[m|en|quilt]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154–1173) uses ''coute'' for a feather bed covered with costly cloth, and Marie de France (1160–1170) ''coilte'' for a quilted coverlet.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The feather bed went out of fashion, and the Académie called the word old in 1762;^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) it survived in the provinces and in technical senses, the metal socket on which a hinge or shaft turns (1676) and the timbers on which a ship slides when launched (1694).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) In the late 20th century it came back as the name of the continental quilt or duvet, which replaced sheets and blankets.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The old compound ''coite-pointe'' “quilted coverlet” was reshaped into [[courtepointe]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1154–1173 – ''Coute'', a feather bed.^(TLFi)

+ * 1160–1170 – ''Coilte'', a quilted coverlet.^(TLFi)

+ * 1676 – A metal socket in a machine.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1694 – Ship's launching timbers.^(TLFi)

+ * 1762 – Called old by the Académie.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|duvet]], a continental quilt.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(dated or regional)'' A [[m|en|feather bed]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(technical)'' A socket or bearing on which a pivot turns.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[courtepointe]]

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+ {{homograph|2|pigtail}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=13th century, keuete}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kwɛt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''couette''' ''f'' (plural couettes)^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Keuete'' (13th century), ''queuëtte'' (1611).^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The pigtail is [[af|fro|coue|-ette]], a diminutive of the Old French form of [[queue]] “tail”, properly “little tail”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the 13th century ''keuete'' is a little tail.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word spread in the 19th century as a lock of hair, especially in Normandy, and was usual in Canadian French in the 18th century for the hair of Native Americans (''coite'' 1747, ''couette'' 1757), so it must be older in the western dialects.^(DHLF 1992) The Goncourts use it for a plait of hair (before 1896).^(GLLF 1989) Familiar as it is, it is the only name for a short tuft of hair held by a band or clip, usually worn in pairs by girls;^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) in Quebec it means any lock of hair.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – ''Keuete'' “little tail”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1747 – ''Coite'' in Canadian French.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * before 1896 – A lock of hair (Goncourt).^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|bunch]] or [[m|en|pigtail]], a tuft of hair held by a band.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Quebec)'' A lock of hair.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[queue]]

+ * [[coussin]]

+ * [[en|quilt]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}