couche

See also: couché

French

Etymology

Deverbal from coucher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʃ/

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Noun

couche f (plural couches)

1. bed (any place for sleeping)
2. nappy/diaper
3. coat (of paint)
4. layer (of soil, snow etc.)
5. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth
6. (chemistry) shell

Synonyms

• (diaper): (Louisiana) drapeau m

Derived terms

• couche d’ozone
• fausse couche
• sous-couche

Verb

couche

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher
2. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher
5. second-person singular imperative of coucher

Further reading

• “couche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French couche, from couchier (whence couchen).

Alternative forms

• cowche, cowch, cuche, chouche

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːtʃ(ə)/, /ˈtʃuːtʃ(ə)/

Noun

couche (plural couches)

1. A bed (flat piece of furniture for sleeping on):
   1. A moveable or portable bed.
   2. A bed or sleeping spot prepared for an animal.
2. (rare) A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in.
3. (rare) A room or abode where an animal sleeps; a den.
4. (rare) A stand or platform.
5. (rare) A table covered by a piece of fabric.
6. (rare) A bump or lump.

Derived terms

• couchant
• couchen
• coucher
• couchynge

Descendants

• English: couch
• Scots: cooch, cootch

References

• “cǒuche (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.

Etymology 2

From Old French couchier.

Verb

couche

1. Alternative form of couchen

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

couche f (plural couches)

1. (Jersey) couch