coucher

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English coucher, from Anglo-Norman; equivalent to couch +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -aʊtʃə(ɹ) === Noun === coucher (plural couchers) One who couches. (papermaking) One who couches paper. (UK, law, obsolete) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. === Anagrams === courche, recouch == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of colloquer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.ʃe/ === Verb === coucher (transitive) to lay, to lay down (transitive) to put to bed, to put up (a lodger) (reflexive) to go to bed (reflexive) to set (of celestial objects) Antonym: se lever Quand le Soleil se couche-t-il ce soir ? ― When does the sun set this evening? (transitive, agriculture) to lodge, to beat down (wheat) (transitive) to layer (branches) (transitive) to slant (writing) (transitive, military) to aim at (intransitive) to sleep (intransitive) to sleep with [with avec] (intransitive) to spend the night (intransitive) to lodge (intransitive) to pack off to bed ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to go to bed) aller au lit, se pieuter ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: kouche → Esperanto: kuŝi → German: kusch → Italian: cucciare === Noun === coucher m (plural couchers) going to bed bedding room and board setting (sun) coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown === Further reading === “coucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cochour, cowchour, cowchur, cowcher === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman; equivalent to couche +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuːtʃər/, /ˈkuːtʃuːr/ === Noun === coucher (plural couchers) A worker of inlaid gems and metals. A book containing prayers; a prayer-book. (rare) One who lies in bed (either due to necessity or laziness). (rare) A breed of dog. ==== Descendants ==== English: coucher Scots: coocher ==== References ==== “cǒuchǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 July 2018. == Middle French == === Alternative forms === couchier === Etymology === From Old French couchier. === Verb === coucher (transitive) to put to bed ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: coucher === Noun === coucher m (plural couchers) setting (of the sun)