# 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 (buo, “bulrush, cattail”) + 團 (duɑn, “sphere, round object”) from the way the original cushion was round and made from woven bulrushes.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfuːtɒn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /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.
** 1891, Eliza Scidmore, Jinrikisha Days in Japan, page 145: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.
** 1904, Clarence Ludlow Brownell, The Heart of Japan: Glimpses of Life and Nature Far from the Travellers’ Track in the Land of the Rising Sun, London: Methuen & Co., […], page 54:The futon are easily aired, and may be carried about readily when moving.
** 1981, The East, page 66:Normally one or two futon are laid on tatami, several inches of straw matting recessed into the floor, providing a firm but extremely comfortable night’s rest.
** 2015, Heidi Kim, editor, Taken from the Paradise Isle: The Hoshida Family Story, University Press of Colorado, →ISBN:Some futon (cotton-filled comforters and mattresses) were piled in one corner and few clothing belonging to father hung on some nails on the wall.
* 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.
** 2011 November 18, Ryan Allis, “From Dumpster Diving to Running a $50 Million Company”, in Time‎: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.

#### Derived terms

* minifuton

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* fount, Ufton

## Esperanto
### Noun

futon
* accusative singular of futo

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Japanese 布団 (futon, ふとん).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfuton/, [ˈfut̪o̞n]
* Rhymes: -uton
* Hyphenation: fu‧ton

### Noun

futon
* futon

#### Declension

Possessive forms of futon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
futonini
futonini
accusative
nom.
futonini
futonini
gen.
futonini
genitive
futonini
futonieni futoneideni futoneitteni
partitive
futoniani
futoneitani futonejani
inessive
futonissani
futoneissani
elative
futonistani
futoneistani
illative
futoniini
futoneihini
adessive
futonillani
futoneillani
ablative
futoniltani
futoneiltani
allative
futonilleni
futoneilleni
essive
futoninani
futoneinani
translative
futonikseni
futoneikseni
abessive
futonittani
futoneittani
instructive
comitative
—futoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
futonisi
futonisi
accusative
nom.
futonisi
futonisi
gen.
futonisi
genitive
futonisi
futoniesi futoneidesi futoneittesi
partitive
futoniasi
futoneitasi futonejasi
inessive
futonissasi
futoneissasi
elative
futonistasi
futoneistasi
illative
futoniisi
futoneihisi
adessive
futonillasi
futoneillasi
ablative
futoniltasi
futoneiltasi
allative
futonillesi
futoneillesi
essive
futoninasi
futoneinasi
translative
futoniksesi
futoneiksesi
abessive
futonittasi
futoneittasi
instructive
comitative
—futoneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
futonimme
futonimme
accusative
nom.
futonimme
futonimme
gen.
futonimme
genitive
futonimme
futoniemme futoneidemme futoneittemme
partitive
futoniamme
futoneitamme futonejamme
inessive
futonissamme
futoneissamme
elative
futonistamme
futoneistamme
illative
futoniimme
futoneihimme
adessive
futonillamme
futoneillamme
ablative
futoniltamme
futoneiltamme
allative
futonillemme
futoneillemme
essive
futoninamme
futoneinamme
translative
futoniksemme
futoneiksemme
abessive
futonittamme
futoneittamme
instructive
comitative
—futoneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
futoninne
futoninne
accusative
nom.
futoninne
futoninne
gen.
futoninne
genitive
futoninne
futonienne futoneidenne futoneittenne
partitive
futonianne
futoneitanne futonejanne
inessive
futonissanne
futoneissanne
elative
futonistanne
futoneistanne
illative
futoniinne
futoneihinne
adessive
futonillanne
futoneillanne
ablative
futoniltanne
futoneiltanne
allative
futonillenne
futoneillenne
essive
futoninanne
futoneinanne
translative
futoniksenne
futoneiksenne
abessive
futonittanne
futoneittanne
instructive
comitative
—futoneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
futoninsa
futoninsa
accusative
nom.
futoninsa
futoninsa
gen.
futoninsa
genitive
futoninsa
futoniensa futoneidensa futoneittensa
partitive
futoniaan futoniansa
futoneitaan futonejaan futoneitansa futonejansa
inessive
futonissaan futonissansa
futoneissaan futoneissansa
elative
futonistaan futonistansa
futoneistaan futoneistansa
illative
futoniinsa
futoneihinsa
adessive
futonillaan futonillansa
futoneillaan futoneillansa
ablative
futoniltaan futoniltansa
futoneiltaan futoneiltansa
allative
futonilleen futonillensa
futoneilleen futoneillensa
essive
futoninaan futoninansa
futoneinaan futoneinansa
translative
futonikseen futoniksensa
futoneikseen futoneiksensa
abessive
futonittaan futonittansa
futoneittaan futoneittansa
instructive
comitative
—futoneineen futoneinensa :

#### Derived terms

* futonpatja

### Further reading

* “futon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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 蒲 (buo, “cattail”) + 團 (duɑn, “sphere, round object”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfu.tɔn]
* Rhymes: -tɔn, -ɔn, -n
* Hyphenation: fu‧ton

### Noun

futon (plural)
* 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: 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