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duvetyne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
du-vetyne
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French duvetine, from duvet, from Middle French *dumet, diminutive of Old French dun, dum, ultimately from Old Norse dūnn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

duvetynes (plural) duvetine (alternative) duvetyn (alternative)

Synonyms

commando cloth

Questions

What does duvetyne mean?
A heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.
Where does duvetyne come from?
It is traced to French.

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