futon
A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a…A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
» Fold your futon and put it in the closet.
Meaning
3 sensesA thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
Futon
футо́нfutón
mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves.
Futon
футо́нfutón
A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.
Examples
26 sentencesFold your futon and put it in the closet.
Please air the futon.
ruПросушите футон, пожалуйста.
Air the futon.
deLüfte das Futon aus!
Air the futons.
Someone is dusting the futon outside.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 布団 (futon), in turn from Middle Chinese 蒲團 (MC bu dwan, “meditationBorrowed from Japanese 布団 (futon), in turn from Middle Chinese 蒲團 (MC bu dwan, “meditation cushion”) (compare Mandarin 蒲团 (pútuán)), from 蒲 (bu, “bulrush, cattail”) + 團 (dwan, “sphere, round object”) from the way the original cushion was round and made from woven bulrushes.
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Forms
plural: futons / futonWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular