futon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfuːtɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfutɑn/ Rhymes: -uːtɒn === Noun === futon (plural futons or futon) A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves. A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === fount, Ufton == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuton/ Rhymes: -uton Syllabification: fu‧ton === Noun === futon accusative singular of futo == Finnish == === Etymology === From Japanese 布団 (futon, ふとん). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuton/, [ˈfut̪o̞n] Rhymes: -uton Syllabification(key): fu‧ton Hyphenation(key): fu‧ton === Noun === futon futon ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “futon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Japanese 布団(ふとん) (futon), 布團(ふとん) (futon), from Middle Chinese 蒲團 (bu-dwan, “meditation cushion”) (compare Mandarin 蒲团 (pútuán)), from 蒲 (bu, “cattail”) + 團 (dwan, “sphere, round object”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfutɔn/ [ˈfu.t̪ɔn] Rhymes: -utɔn Syllabification: fu‧ton === Noun === futon (plural futon-futon) futon (a Japanese-style mattress or duvet) Hypernym: matras === Further reading === “futon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Japanese == === Romanization === futon Rōmaji transcription of ふとん