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

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
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