couch

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
2. A bed, a resting-place.
3. The den of an otter.
4. A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
5. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
6. Psychotherapy.
7. Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.

Verb

1. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
2. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
3. To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
4. To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
5. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
6. To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
7. In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
8. To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
9. To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
10. To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
11. To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

Concepts

canapé

🛋️

sofa

🛋️

divan

lit

🛏️

formuler

abaisser

couche

🛏️

gisement

couché

exprimer

fauteuil

cosy

s'allonger

chaise

🪑

mettre

natte

reposer

articuler

espèce de canapé

siège

💺

chiendent rampant

être à l'affût de

couchette

Synonymes

sofa

🛋️

bed

🛏️

divan

settee

cot

lounge

chesterfield

davenport

chair

🪑

put

stool

frame

layer

seat

💺

express

bedstead

bench

resting place

bunk

voice

enunciate

signify

phrase

ottoman

lair

stratum

redact

cast

drop

encampment

enounce

evince

formulate

give

humble

humiliate

indicate

indite

lessen

let down

look down

lounge chair

lower

mat

mortify

primer coat

priming

project

pull down

put across

put forward

reclining

reclining chair

reduce

represent

roll out

ruin

run down

show

shrink

squab

streak

utter

word

wreck

write down

cry down

highchair

make a stroke

place to sleep

pull to pieces

sofa bed

stand ready

Davenport

quackgrass

air

day-bed

divan-bed

chaise loungue

bed-stead

small bed-stead

give voice

upholstered armchair

couch roll

padded armchair

abase

loungeroom

abridge

armchair

berth

bring down

canape

chairs

clothe

communicate

convey

cut up

daybed

debase

deck chair

decrease

degrade

demean

demolish

den

denote

deprave

destroy

diminish

discredit

divulge

downsize

draw

draw a line

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kaʊt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: couche

Hérité de moyen anglais: couchen

Hérité de moyen anglais: quich

Hérité de ancien anglais: cwice

In summary

From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb (see below). Doublet of cwtch.

Phrases

Next to a bright red couch , a gray wall will appear distinctly greenish .

À côté d'un canapé rouge vif, un mur gris apparaîtra nettement verdâtre.