couche

== French == === Etymology === Deverbal from coucher. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kuʃ/ === Noun === couche f (plural couches) (literary) bed (place for sleeping) partager sa couche avec quelqu'un ― to share one's bed with someone nappy/diaper Synonym: (Louisiana) drapeau coat (of paint) layer (of soil, snow etc.) (chiefly in the plural) childbirth (chemistry) shell ==== Derived terms ==== couche d'ozone en rajouter une couche en remettre une couche en tenir une couche fausse couche sous-couche === Verb === couche inflection of coucher: first/third-person singular imperfect indicative first/third-person singular present subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “couche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == 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) A bed (flat piece of furniture for sleeping on). A movable or portable bed. A bed or sleeping spot prepared for an animal. (rare) A bedroom; the room where one sleeps in. (rare) A room or abode where an animal sleeps; a den. (rare) A stand or platform. (rare) A table covered by a piece of fabric. (rare) A bump or lump. ===== Derived terms ===== couchant couchen coucher couchynge ===== Descendants ===== English: couch Scots: cooch, cootch → Welsh: cwtsh→ English: cwtch, cwtsh ===== References ===== “cǒuche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== couche alternative form of couchen == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === couche f (plural couches) (Jersey) couch