couché

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French couché, past participle of coucher (“to lay, to lay down”). Doublet of couchant and collocate. === Adjective === couché (not comparable) (heraldry) Inclined at an angle. (heraldry, of a chevron) Couched: issuing from the side of the shield rather than the bottom or top. === Further reading === “couché”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.ʃe/ === Participle === couché (feminine couchée, masculine plural couchés, feminine plural couchées) past participle of coucher === Adjective === couché (plural couchés) in bed lying ==== Derived terms ==== développé couché === Further reading === “couché”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Louisiana Creole == === Etymology === From French coucher (“to sleep”), compare Haitian Creole kouche. === Verb === couché to sleep === References === Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales