couchant
French, noun/ku.ʃɑ̃/
couchant is spelled C-O-U-C-H-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couchant is a French masculine noun meaning “the setting sun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of coucher. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit de l’horizon où le Soleil semble se coucher”.
What does couchant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe setting sun
- 2
masculinethe sunset
- 3
masculinethe west
- 4
masculineold age, decline, termination
verb
- 1
present participle of coucher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se couche. 2. Se dit du soleil, figuré ou non, représenté incomplet et posé en pointe, masqué en partie ou mouvant du flanc senestre de l’écu, pièce, meuble ou division.
noun: 1. Endroit de l’horizon où le Soleil semble se coucher. 2. Lumière particulière du Soleil qui se couche. 3. Partie occidentale de la Terre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of couchant
- couchants plural
- couchante singular feminine
- couchantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couchant?
- /ku.ʃɑ̃/
- \ku.ʃɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couchant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couchant in French?
couchant appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).