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blanket

  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪt]
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kɪt/
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪt] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kɪt/
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰɪt]
  • /ˈblæŋ.kət/
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰət]
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kət/
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰət] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kət/
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰət]
  • /ˈblɛŋ.kɘt/ New Zealand
  • [ˈblɛŋ.kʰɘt] New Zealand
  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪ̈t/ New Zealand
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪ̈t] New Zealand
  • /ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kɘt/ New Zealand
  • [ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kʰɘt] New Zealand

Rhymes with -æŋkɪt

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or flannel; a type of jacket”, literally “that which is white”) (whence Modern French blanchet), diminutive of blanc (“white”), of Germanic origin (compare Old English blanca (“white horse”); see more at blank). Furthermore, the sense "white woollen cloth" is likely a calque of Old English hwītel (“blanket; cloak, mantle”), from Old English hwīt (“white”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare also Old Norse hvítill (“a white bed-cover, sheet”), Norwegian kvitel (“blanket”).

Compare also blunket, plunket. Displaced native Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (whence Modern English whittle (“blanket, cloak, shawl”)).

noun blanket A dog wrapped within a blanket · blankets

  1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
  2. A covering layer of anything. The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
  3. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed. A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
  4. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

adjective

  1. attributive, not comparable General; covering or encompassing everything. Another observer offered a less blanket criticism.

    Similar: all-encompassing, exhaustive, across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, catholic, blanket, broad, thick, comprehensive, overall, sound

verb blankets · blanketing · blanketting · blanketed · blanketted

  1. attributive, transitive To cover with, or as if with, a blanket. A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
  2. attributive, transitive To traverse or complete thoroughly. The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
  3. attributive, transitive To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. Hang him, poore grogran-raſcall, pray thee thinke not of him: I’le ſend for him to my lodging, and haue him blanketted when thou wilt, man.
  4. attributive, transitive To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
  5. attributive, transitive To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
  6. attributive Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cover, mantle, wide, broad, all-inclusive, comprehensive, across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, panoptic, encompassing, quilt, covers, sheet, rug, patchwork

Translations

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noun fabric

Españolmanta, cobija, colcha, frazada, frisa
한국어이불 ibul, 담요 damnyo
日本語毛布 mōfu
中文毯子 tǎnzi
हिन्दीकंबल kambal
Kiswahiliblanketi
Portuguêscobertor, manta, coberta
Françaiscouverture
DeutschDecke, Wolldecke, Bettdecke
Italianocoperta
Ελληνικάκουβέρτα kouvérta
Românăpătură, valtrap
Русскийодея́ло odejálo, покрыва́ло pokryválo
Tiếng Việtmền, chăn
العربيةلِحَاف liḥāf, بَطَّانِيَّة baṭṭāniyya, حِرَام ḥirām
עבריתשְׂמִיכָה smikha

noun layer of anything

Españolcapa
Kiswahiliblanketi
DeutschSchicht, Lage
Italianocoltre, mantello
Русскийпокрыва́ло pokryválo, покро́в pokróv, слой sloj, пласт plast

adj covering or encompassing everything

Españolgeneral
Françaisgénéral
Deutschallgemein, umfassend, allumfassend, General-, pauschal

verb to cover

中文毯子 tǎnzi
Françaisrecouvrir, couvrir
Deutschdecken, verdecken, zudecken, abdecken, überdecken

verb to traverse or complete

Deutschabdecken, abgrasen, durchstreifen

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@misc{blanket_2026,
  title = {blanket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blanket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}