couchier

== Norman == === Alternative forms === couochi === Etymology === From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). === Verb === couchier (Guernsey) to go to bed == Old French == === Alternative forms === colchier, coucher, culcher, culchier, cucher === Etymology === From Latin collocāre. === Verb === couchier lay down (reflexive, se couchier) go to bed (by extension) have sex ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: couchier, coucher French: coucher Norman: couochi (Jersey) → Middle English: couchen, chouchen, cowchyn, kouchen, couche, cowcheEnglish: couchScots: cooch, cootch === Noun === couchier oblique singular, m (oblique plural couchiers, nominative singular couchiers, nominative plural couchier) bedtime (point at which one goes to bed)