couchier

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (set in place).

Verb

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couchier

  1. (Guernsey) to go to bed
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 517:
      Il est niais coume Dadais qui se couachait dans l'iaue d'paeur d'être mouailli.
      He is as foolish as Dadais who lay down in the water to avoid getting wet in a shower.

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin collocāre.

Verb

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couchier

  1. lay down
  2. (reflexive, se couchier) go to bed
  3. (by extension) have sex

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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Noun

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couchier oblique singularm (oblique plural couchiers, nominative singular couchiers, nominative plural couchier)

  1. bedtime (point at which one goes to bed)