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coucher

Pronunciation: /ku.ʃe/

“coucher” is a French word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lay, to lay down
  2. to put to bed, to put up (a lodger)
  3. to go to bed
  4. to set (of celestial objects)
  5. to lodge, to beat down (wheat)
  6. to layer (branches)
  7. to slant (writing)
  8. to aim at
  9. to sleep
  10. to sleep with
  11. to spend the night
  12. to lodge
  13. to pack off to bed

noun

  1. going to bed
  2. bedding
  3. room and board
  4. setting (sun)

In French

  1. Étendre de son long sur la terre, sur un lit, etc., mettre quelque chose en position horizontale.
  2. S’allonger sur le sol. Se mettre en position horizontale.
  3. Mettre quelqu’un au lit, le déshabiller, l’aider à se mettre au lit.
  4. Se mettre au lit, s’endormir.
  5. Faire l’amour; passer une nuit d’amour.
  6. Tuer; blesser.
  7. Inscrire, écrire, enregistrer sur un support.
  8. Descendre sous l’horizon au sujet du soleil et des astres.
  9. Courber, incliner ce qui est naturellement droit. Pencher.
  10. Être étendu pour prendre son repos.
  11. Loger la nuit en quelque endroit en y prenant du repos.
  12. Dresser un aliment sur une plaque.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of colloquer.

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