coltre

coltre

See also: cóltre

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkol.tre/
  • Rhymes: -oltre
  • Hyphenation: cól‧tre

Etymology 1

    Back-formation from coltrice.

    Noun

    coltre f (plural coltri)

    1. (literary) (heavy) blanket or quilt
      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXIV, lines 46–48:
        «Omai convien che tu così ti spoltre», ¶ disse 'l maestro; «ché, seggendo in piuma, ¶ in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre; [] »
        "Now it behoves thee thus to put off sloth," my Master said; "for sitting upon down, or under quilt, one cometh not to fame"
    2. (figurative) coat, cover, layer
    3. a funereal cloth that covers a coffin
    Descendants
    • Polish: kołdra
      • Latgalian: kouldre
      • Old Ruthenian: ко́вдра (kóvdra), ко́лдра (kóldra)
      • Yiddish: קאָלדרע (koldre)

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    coltre f pl

    1. plural of coltra

    Middle English

    Noun

    coltre

    1. alternative form of culter