German

Noun

Couvert n ‎(genitive Couverts, plural Couverts)

1. Alternative spelling of Kuvert

Declension

English

Noun

couvert ‎(plural couverts)

1. cover charge
   • 1941, Federal Writers' Project, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs

     Earl Carroll's Theater-Restaurant, 6230 Sunset Blvd. Dinner from 7:30 to 11 p.m., no couvert; without dinner, admission charge.

   • 1965, The Spectator

     […] the habit of hotel restaurants charging a couvert to residents, and of clubs charging table money to their own members.

   • 2010, Karen Torme Olson, Frommer's Croatia

     The couvert is a “cover charge” that is a prima facie charge for bread, which is brought to the table automatically in most places.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cou‧vert

Etymology

Borrowing from French couvert.

Noun

couvert n ‎(plural couverts)

1. cutlery, silverware
2. envelope

Synonyms

• bestek (1)
• envelop (2)

French

Etymology

From Old French covert, from Latin coopertus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

couvert m ‎(feminine singular couverte, masculine plural couverts, feminine plural couvertes)

1. covered
2. cloudy, overcast

Noun

couvert m ‎(plural couverts)

1. Piece of cutlery
2. covering, shelter

Verb

couvert m ‎(feminine singular couverte, masculine plural couverts, feminine plural couvertes)

1. past participle of couvrir