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futon¹
- /ˈfuːtɒn/ UK
- /ˈfutɑn/ US
Rhymes with -uːtɒn
Where it comes from
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.
noun futons · futon
- A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. The Japanese bed is the floor, with a wooden box under the neck for a pillow and a futon for a covering. To the foreigner the Japanese landlord allows five or six futons, or cotton-wadded comforters, and they make a tolerable mattress, although not springy, and rather apt to be damp and musty.
- 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. I was 18 years old, sleeping on a futon, cooking on a George Foreman grill and showering at a friend's house every few days.
FUTON²
noun
- Abbreviation of full text on the Net: the presence of the complete text of an academic paper on the Internet, seen as a potential biasing factor in which papers get cited most often.
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noun thin mattress placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame
| Español | futón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 후톤 huton |
| 日本語 | 布団 futon, ふとん futon, 蒲団 futon |
| 中文 | 床墊 /床垫 chuángdiàn, 布團 /布团 bùtuán |
| Português | futon |
| Français | futon |
| Deutsch | Futon |
| Italiano | materasso giapponese, futon |
| Русский | футо́н futón |
| العربية | فُوتُون futūn, فُوتُون يَابَانِيّ fūtūn yābāniyy |
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title = {futon},
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year = {2026},
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