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5-letter words (2 found)

FOUNT,FUTON,

4-letter words (5 found)

FONT,NOUT,TOFU,TOUN,UNTO,

3-letter words (10 found)

FON,FOU,FUN,NOT,NUT,OFT,OUT,TON,TUN,UFO,

2-letter words (9 found)

FU,NO,NU,OF,ON,OU,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 26 words from futon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of futon

futon ufton ftuon tfuon utfon tufon fuotn ufotn foutn ofutn uoftn ouftn ftoun tfoun fotun oftun tofun otfun utofn tuofn uotfn outfn toufn otufn futno uftno ftuno tfuno utfno tufno funto ufnto fnuto nfuto unfto nufto ftnuo tfnuo fntuo nftuo tnfuo ntfuo utnfo tunfo untfo nutfo tnufo ntufo fuont ufont fount ofunt uofnt oufnt funot ufnot fnuot nfuot unfot nufot fonut ofnut fnout nfout onfut nofut uonft ounft unoft nuoft onuft nouft ftonu tfonu fotnu oftnu tofnu otfnu ftnou tfnou fntou nftou tnfou ntfou fontu ofntu fnotu nfotu onftu noftu tonfu otnfu tnofu ntofu ontfu notfu utonf tuonf uotnf outnf tounf otunf utnof tunof untof nutof tnuof ntuof uontf ountf unotf nuotf onutf noutf tonuf otnuf tnouf ntouf ontuf notuf

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Definitions and meaning of futon

futon

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 (buo, bulrush, cattail) + (duɑn, 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)

  1. A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
  2. A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves.
  3. A specific kind of sofa-bed, with a fixed cushion that forms a mattress when folded down and a sofa when folded up.

Translations

Anagrams

  • fount

Esperanto

Noun

futon

  1. 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

Noun

futon

  1. 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 2023-07-02

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 (buo, cattail) + (duɑn, sphere, round object).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfu.tɔn]
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ton

Noun

futon (plural futon-futon, first-person possessive futonku, second-person possessive futonmu, third-person possessive futonnya)

  1. futon: a Japanese-style mattress or duvet; a thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
    Hypernym: matras

Further reading

  • “futon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

futon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふとん

Source: wiktionary.org