coucher

English

Etymology

couch +‎ -er

Noun

coucher (plural couchers)

  1. One who couches.
  2. (papermaking) One who couches paper.
  3. (Britain, law, obsolete) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Blount to this entry?)
  4. The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, inherited from Latin collocāre, present active infinitive of collocō (“place, put, assemble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.ʃe/
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Verb

coucher

  1. (transitive) to lay, to lay down
  2. (transitive) to put to bed, to put up (a lodger)
  3. (reflexive) to go to bed
  4. (transitive, agriculture) to lodge, to beat down (wheat)
  5. (transitive) to layer (branches)
  6. (transitive) to slant (writing)
  7. (transitive, military) to aim at
  8. (intransitive) to sleep
    • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage
      Le soir, Michette est livrée en cul. Durcet prend la Martaine pour coucher dans sa chambre, à l'exemple du duc qui a Duclos et de Curval qui a Fanchon; cette fille prend sur lui le même empire lubrique que Duclos sur le duc.
  9. (intransitive) to spend the night
  10. (intransitive) to lodge
  11. (intransitive) to pack off to bed
    coucher avec — to sleep with

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

coucher m (plural couchers)

  1. going to bed
  2. bedding
  3. room and board
  4. setting (sun)
    coucher de soleil — sunset, sundown

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French couchier.

Verb

coucher

  1. (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.
   Conjugation of coucher
simple compound
infinitive coucher avoir couché
gerund en couchant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle couchant
past participle couché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present couche couches couche couchons couchez couchent
imperfect couchois, couchoys couchois, couchoys couchoit, couchoyt couchions, couchyons couchiez, couchyez couchoient, couchoyent
past historic coucha couchas coucha couchasmes couchastes coucherent
future coucherai, coucheray coucheras couchera coucherons coucherez coucheront
conditional coucherois, coucheroys coucherois, coucheroys coucheroit, coucheroyt coucherions, coucheryons coucheriez, coucheryez coucheroient, coucheroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present couche couches couche couchons couchez couchent
imperfect couchasse couchasses couchast couchassions couchassiez couchassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— couche — couchons couchez —

Descendants

Noun

coucher m (plural couchers)

  1. setting (of the sun)
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