It has been pretty chilly here lately by Bordeaux standards, hovering around 0 degrees C. My language partner here (whom I only ever met once in person and now just have her on facebook) made a status update about how cold it was and that she didn't want to take her chin out from under the couette... which is the French word for duvet. But why is that the French word? Doesn't "duvet" sound like a French word?
It is actually. It means "down" in French. It can also apparently mean sleeping bag (which I would have called un sac de couchage... which is also used and a much more literal translation from English).
So just to clarify this further: "duvet" is the Great Britain English word, and the American word is "comforter". "Duvet" is a French word, but the French word for "duvet" is "couette". Unfortunately I have to pull my chin out of my couette regardless, because I have to go to my Grammar class.
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