couch

(Engels)

Noun

1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, US) 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. (metonymically, usually) Psychotherapy.
7. (figuratively, usually) Voters who opt out of voting, usually by staying home on their couch.

Verb

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kaʊt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: couche

Overgenomen van Middelengels: couchen

Overgenomen van Middelengels: quich

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cwice

In summary

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

Concepten

divan

canapé

bank

rustbank

sofa

🛋️

Turkse staatsraad

bedding

couchette

een streep trekken

herleiden

in discrediet brengen

inkorten

inkrimpen

kleineren

kleinmaken

kooi

laag

laten zakken

leger

legerstede

ligplaats

neerhalen

neerlaten

pak

📦

reduceren

ruïneren

sponde

stoel

🪑

strijken

te gronde richten

ten val brengen

trekken

vellen

verderven

vereenvoudigen

verlagen

verminderen

vernederen

verootmoedigen

zetel

🪑

zetten

zitbank

🛋️

bankstel

crapaud

afbreken

chaise longue

afdraaien

afgeven op

afkammen

aflaten

Synoniemen

sofa

🛋️

bed

🛏️

divan

settee

cot

lounge

chesterfield

chair

🪑

put

davenport

seat

💺

bedstead

express

stool

frame

layer

resting place

bench

cast

enunciate

stratum

voice

bunk

redact

ottoman

lair

phrase

signify

destroy

deprave

clothe

denote

den

berth

demolish

demean

degrade

humble

decrease

chairs

armchair

deck chair

formulate

debase

evince

give

enounce

humiliate

indicate

encampment

Vertalingen

canapé

🛋️

divano

🛋️

sofà

🛋️

sofa

🛋️

Sofa

🛋️

divan

kanapa

sofá

🛋️

Couch

🛋️

sofá

🛋️

καναπές

sofa

lectus

canapè

formuler

Zinnen

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

Naast een felrode bank zal een grijze muur duidelijk groenachtig lijken.