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couche

French, noun

couche is spelled C-O-U-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couche is a French feminine noun meaning “bed (place for sleeping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher. With an accent, couché is a different word: “in bed”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lit ; endroit pour dormir”.

What does couche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebed (place for sleeping)

    partager sa couche avec quelqu'un

  2. 2

    femininenappy/diaper

  3. 3

    femininecoat (of paint)

  4. 4

    femininelayer (of soil, snow etc.)

  5. 5

    femininechildbirth

  6. 6

    feminineshell

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular imperfect indicative

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  3. 3

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as couché
  1. 1

    in bed

  2. 2

    lying

verb

as couché
  1. 1

    past 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. Allongé sur un lit, généralement pour dormir. 2. Incliné, penché. 3. Recouvert de plusieurs couches. 4. Inscrit, écrit, enregistré sur un support.

interjection: 1. Ordre donné à une bête de s'allonger.

noun: 1. Lit ; endroit pour dormir. 2. Ce que l’on fait dans un lit et ce qui en résulte. 3. Enfantement. 4. Linge ou bande absorbante à l’usage des enfants qui n’ont pas encore la maîtrise de leurs fonctions naturelles, servant notamment à préserver la literie.

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 couche

  • couches plural
  • couchés plural
  • couchée feminine
  • couchées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to couche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is couche in French?

couche appears 35 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).

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