coltre

See also: cóltre

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkol.tre/, [ˈkol̪t̪r̺e]
  • 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] (paperback), 12th edition, 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. (figuratively) coat, cover, layer
  3. A funereal cloth that covers a coffin.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coltre f pl

  1. plural of coltra
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