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Definition: Couch |
CouchNoun1. An upholstered seat for more than one person. 2. A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer. 3. A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment. Verb1. Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "couch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Couch \Couch\ (kouch), transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Couched(koucht); Couching.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Couch (Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See BED.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of reclining on a couch, indicates that false hopes will be entertained. You should be alert to every change of your affairs, for only in this way will your hopes be realized. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | A roll after which the wet web leaves the wire. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A pair of rolls on or after which the wet web leaves the Fourdrinier wire part. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CouchSynonyms: lounge (n), sofa (n), cast (v), frame (v), put (v), redact (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: bunking (transportation). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Be concealed; Verb: suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush); seclude oneself; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep, play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt. |
Contention | Join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; (warfare). |
Death | Phrase: life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread; one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed; Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face; the breath is out of the body; the grave closes over one; sic itur ad astra; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; dulce et decorum est pro patria mori; honesta mors turpi vita potior; "in adamantine chains shall death be bound"; mors ultima linea rerum est; ominia mors aequat; "Spake the grisly Terror"; "the lone couch of this everlasting sleep"; nothing is certain but death and taxes. |
Depression | Sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline; (be horizontal). |
Horizontality | Verb: be horizontal; Adjective: lie, recline, couch; lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate; sprawl, loll, sit down. |
Incogitancy | Couch potato, vegetable. |
Interment | Phrase: hic jacet, ci-git; RIP; requiescat in pace; "the lone couch of his everlasting sleep"; "without a grave-unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown"; "in the dark union of insensate dust"; "the deep cold shadow of the tomb". |
Phrase | Verb: express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub. |
Support | Seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Couch |
| English words defined with "couch": Accubation ♦ couch potato, Couched, Couching, Couchless ♦ day bed, daybed, divan bed ♦ Lectica ♦ Quitch grass ♦ Recouch ♦ studio couch ♦ To start up, Triclinium ♦ uncomfortably. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "couch": ACUPRESSURIST ♦ davenport bed ♦ software patent, SQUAB ♦ TO COUCH A HOGSHEAD ♦ WEBBING TACKER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "couch": Triclinium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Couch" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (couch, divan, settee, sofa), Manx (coach, stagecoach), Portuguese (couch). |
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Screenplays | One time, I was at this party and I was sitting on the couch with Randa McKinning (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) , I think you should establish a good line of credit, like how you got your couch, payment plans, remember how your mother brought in $10 for a year and she finally got her couch Renaissance style (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) You want your sister to lose weight, tell her to get off the couch, stop eating twinkies and maybe go out for field hockey, and you know what no-one knows what they wanna be when they grow up (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly) Mom! Andy's sitting on the couch drinking with Jim. (Mission Hill; writing credit: Aaron Ehasz; Andrew Kreisberg) Jimmy Carter is passed out on the couch. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | I fell asleep on the couch, I thought we were going out (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah) How beautiful it was to fall asleep on your couch and cry in front of you for (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) She is balled up on the couch (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five) I sat down on my couch and cried (Let Her Cry; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) And it freaks you out, on your momma's couch, that's what us thugs be 'bout (Down Ass Bitch; performing artist: Ja Rule) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Three on a Couch (1966) Couch (1964) The Couch (1962) Couch (2003) On the Couch (2002) | |
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 | Plate VIII. 25. Raia circularis, Couch. From Day, "Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland." 26. Raia plutonia, Garman. Outline by J. C. Van Hook, from a specimen collected by the BLAKE, N. Lat. 32, W. Long. 78, at a depth of 229-334 fathoms. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Patient lifted onto couch in casualty receiving room by ambulance men. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Woman on couch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Man with book on wicker couch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sigmund Freud's study, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, with view of desk and couch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman, who appears to be ill, lying on couch, with three dogs looking on. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Portrait of Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch, officer of the Federal Army. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Two girls, seated on couch, reading. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Two girls reading on couch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | One of Edgar Allen's children playing with doll. The couch and sewing machine are the two most substantial pieces of furniture in the house. The farm is one hundred sixty acres and rented from private party. Near Milford, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Passed Out On Couch" by J Cash Commentary: "Sleeping at the Cottage, (It was only 8pm and the drinking got to him)." | "Couch" by Matthew Maaskant Commentary: "Two men watch a group of people carry a couch through a park. Visit http://www.qr5.com ." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | Arthur lay in startled stillness on the acceleration couch. He wasn't certain whether he had just got space-sickness or religion |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Let this be righted, let the spring come to him, the morning rise over his couch, and he will forsake his generous companions without apology |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | By lying on a bed, couch, pillow, carpet, or stuffed animal that has recently been in contact with an infested person. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | For years, we've mostly treated citizens like they were consumers or spectators, sort of political couch potatoes who were supposed to watch the TV ads, either promise them something for nothing or play on their fears and frustrations. |
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| "Couch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.13% of the time. "Couch" is used about 494 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.13% | 461 | 12,730 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.03% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.02% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 494 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "couch" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Couch | Last name | 10,000 | 1,238 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Couch, MO |
Expressions using "couch": couch grass ♦ couch one's lance ♦ couch potato ♦ covered couch ♦ recline on a couch ♦ studio couch ♦ to couch ♦ To couch a ♦ to couch a lance ♦ to couch a spear ♦ To couch malt. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "couch": couch-based. | |
Ending with "couch": Quiller-couch. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
couch | 2,054 | couch throw | 33 |
leather couch | 446 | couch cushion | 29 |
big comfy couch | 301 | discount couch | 29 |
couch cover | 290 | couch traction | 28 |
couch slip cover | 248 | al couch lyrics potato weird | 28 |
couch potato | 237 | couch bed | 26 |
casting couch | 235 | to reupholster my couch | 25 |
sectional couch | 231 | couch for sale | 25 |
sofa couch | 117 | couch sectional leather | 25 |
fainting couch | 62 | danny couch | 24 |
cheap couch | 62 | casting couch tonys | 22 |
tim couch | 58 | contemporary couch | 22 |
couch sex | 56 | couch pillow | 22 |
couch lyrics potato | 53 | big comfy couch.us | 22 |
comfy couch | 48 | car couch | 22 |
al couch potato weird | 45 | modern couch | 21 |
futon couch | 44 | red couch | 21 |
kid couch | 35 | antique couch | 20 |
couch furniture | 35 | denim couch | 19 |
inflatable couch | 35 | child couch | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "couch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ul (abase, cast down, cheapen, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, furl, humble, incline, keep down, knock off, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subdue, subside, throw, turn down, untuck), shtrij në divan, shtrat (bed, berth, bottom, crutch, floor, hotbed, kip, layer, rest, sack), shpreh (bid, breathe, clothe, embody, express, express oneself, extend, formulate, give voice to, import, outspeak, phrase, profess, put, put forward, say, speak, utter), rri shtrirë gati për sulm, krevat (bed, kip), divan (divan, settee, sofa). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقعد (bench, chair, cripple, crippled, disable, incapacitated, infirm, invalid, lame, seat, settee, sofa, stool), متكأ (cushion, divan, ottoman, rest, sofa), مضجع (bed, recess, recumbent), مربض, سرير (bed, bedstead, kip, lair, pallet), عبر (across, act out, carry, clothe, come, come across, conceive, cross, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, get through, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, track, trans, transit, ventilate, voice), طبقة من دهان, أريكة (armchair, davenport, divan, settee, sofa, squab), بسط (distend, expand, expound, extend, extension, facilitate, fine, lay, reach, simplify, spread, state, stretch, unroll, unwind, unwrap, vulgarize). (various references) | |
Asturian | sofá. (various references) | |
Bemba | icipuna (beach, chair). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | isóómihtsoohsiwa. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | навеждам се (bend, bend forward, bend over, crouch, nod, reach down, stoop), изразявам (articulate, carve, clothe, conceive, convey, express, import, phrase, put, render, signify), пирей, полягам (dip, lay down, layer, underlay), лежа (lain, lie, lie down, range, repose, rest, set, sit), лежа в засада, диван (divan bed, ottoman, sofa), лекарска кушетка, слагам семена да покълнат, насочвам оръжие (train on, train upon), оперирам перде, оперирам катаракта, грунд (ground, ground color, ground colour, primer, undertint), канапе (settee, sofa), кушетка (davenport, daybed, divan bed, pouf, sofa, squab), леговище (bed, den, earth, haunt, lair). (various references) | |
Cebuano | sopa. (various references) | |
Chinese | 长沙发, 睡椅 , 床 (7th heavenly stem, age, bed), 榻 . (various references) | |
Cornish | gwely-déth. (various references) | |
Czech | vyjádřit (embody, express, formulate, give, give voice to, profess, put, state, utter, voice), pohovka (chaise longue, divan, ottoman, settee, sofa), gauè (divan, sofa), formulovat (define, form, formulate, frame, phrase, state), divan (divan, sofa). (various references) | |
Danish | stykke (bit, lump, piece, spare part), sofa (bench, divan, sofa), koeje (berth, bunk), køje (berth, bunk), gausk. (various references) | |
Dutch | Turkse staatsraad (divan), rustbank (divan), divan (divan, sofa). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kanapo (sofa), divano (divan). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sofa (sofa), legubonkur (divan). (various references) | |
Farsi | نیمکت (Bench, Seat, Settee, Sofa, Squab), تخت (Sole, Throne), خوابانیدن (Soften), درلفافه قراردادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | vuode (bed, bedstead, double bed), sohva (divan, settee, sofa), leposohva (divan), läjä (heap, pile), koiju (berth, bunk), koija (berth, bunk), kasa (accumulation, crowd, heap, lot, mass, multitude, pile, stack), huopautuspuristin (coucher, suction couch roll). (various references) | |
French | divan, couche (coat, coating), canapé. (various references) | |
Frisian | sofa. (various references) | |
German | Liege (camp bed, lounger), couch (divan, settee, sofa), sofa (davenport, settee, sofa), kanapee (settee, sofa). (various references) | |
Greek | κλίνη (bed), ντιβάνι (divan), ανάκλιντρο (sofa). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטה (bed, below, beneath, bier, down, downward, litter, sleeper, under, underneath), מרפד (bed, pad, panniculus), מצע (bed, cot, mattress), יצוע (bed), לרבוץ (lie, stretch out), פוריה (bed), ערש (bed, cradle, crib), ספה (settee, sofa). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kanapé (settee, sofa), dívány (Chesterfield, divan, ottoman, persian bed, sofa), vacok (hole, lair, lie, receptacle), háromüléses kanapé (sofa). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dipan (divan), bangku (bench, desk). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | iksivautaaluk. (various references) | |
Italian | sofà (sofa), letto (bed, kip, sack), divano (coach, divan, settee, sofa). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 長椅子 , 倚子 (chair, office, position, seat), ソナタ形式 (sofa, soft, soft drink, soft hat, soft serve ice cream, softball, software, software-stack, sonata form, sonnet, Sony, Soviet Union), 寝椅子 (lounge chair, sofa), 寝台 (bed). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ながいす, ねいす (lounge chair, sofa), しんだい (bed, fortune, property), ねだい (bed), いし (chair, death by hanging, doctor, dying wish, having a person under one's control, intention, office, physician, position, posthumous child, purpose, ruins, seat, stone, volition, will), ソファー (sofa). (various references) | |
Korean | 소파 (sofa, Sofas). (various references) | |
Macedonian | kauc. (various references) | |
Manx | lhiaght (bed, cairn, carn, lair, lie, lodging place, lying place, sepulchre, standing stone, tomb), bainc, aashag (boss, embossment, pad, seat, sofa). (various references) | |
Mohawk | yontorihshentahkwa. (various references) | |
Norwegian | sofa (divan, sofa). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ouchcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | divã (bed, chesterfield, day-bed, divan), sofá (divan, lounge, settee, sofa). (various references) | |
Provencal | canapè. (various references) | |
Romanian | canapea (bedstead, Chesterfield, davenport, divan, seat, settee, sofa), coborî (abate, alight, bring low, climb down, come down, cut, debase, decline, depreciate, descend, detrain, dip, dismount, down, drop, duck, fall, get off, go down, lower, move down, reduce, suppress), culca (bed, fell, lay, recline, stretch), culcuş (bed, lair, Lodge, roost, shelter), formula (define, draw, enunciate, express, formulate, frame, have, indite, lay down, phrase, pose, push, put, put in, reduce, state, word), bârlog (den, hovel, lair), întinde (arrange, dilate, draw, expand, extend, fling out, hang, lay on, lengthen, outspread, outstretch, pull, pull up, reach, set, sprawl, spread, stretch, strew, tauten, tighten, widen), exprima (advance, breathe, conceive, connote, convey, declare, express, formulate, have, indicate, look, phrase, put, represent, show, signify, sound, speak, state, utter, voice), sta culcat (lie), lãsa în jos (dip, down, draw, droop, hang, lower), pat (bed, bedstead, bunk, cot, doss, layer, pad, pallet, stalemate), redacta (compose, draft, draw, draw up, edit, frame, indite, prepare, redact, word, write), se ascunde (abscond, dissimulate, dodge, go in, hide, hide oneself, mask), se culca (get between the blankets, go to bed, lie down, sleep), sofa (lounge, ottoman, settee, sofa), divan (divan, sofa). (various references) | |
Ruanda | intebe (chair). (various references) | |
Russian | кушетка (daybed, day-bed, divan bed, divan-bed, squab), грунт (dirt, earth, ground, ground color, ground colour, ground-colour, priming), взять наперевес, облекать диван, логовище (lair), ложе, лежать (lain, lie, recline, repose, rest), пырей ползучий (couch grass, couch-grass, dog's grass, quitch, quitch-grass), излагать (develop, expound, propone, recite, set forth, show forth), диван (daybed, divan, love seat, ottoman, settee, sofa). (various references) | |
Samoan | nofoa nofonofo. (various references) | |
Scottish | uirigh (a couch, bed, ledge in a precipice). (various references) | |
Sepedi | bolao. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kauč (bed sitter), formulisati (draft, formulate, frame, phrase, state, word). (various references) | |
Sicilian | canapé. (various references) | |
Spanish | canapé (day bed, love seat, settee, sofa), dyschatell (divan), cama (bed, headboard, one bed, sack, sleeping-accomodation, sleeping-place, with bed). (various references) | |
Swahili | kochi (coach, divan, sofa). (various references) | |
Swedish | soffa (coutch, seat, setee, settee, sofa), divan (daybed, divan, lounge). (various references) | |
Thai | เก้าอี้ยาว, นอนลง, ทำให้นอนลง. (various references) | |
Turkish | kataraktı tedavi etmek, arpayı çimlenmeye bırakmak, astar boya (primer, priming, undercoat), ayrık out (couch grass, twitch), divan (council, day bed, Dewan, divan, lounge, ottoman, sociable), ifade etmek (amount, be enunciative of, breathe, conceive, connote, denote, describe, emit, enounce, express, figure, frame, give voice to, import, mean, purport, reflect, represent, sign, signify, state, utter, voice, word), in (burrow, cave, den, earth, haunt, hole, lair), çömelip beklemek, kanepe (canape, davenport, lounge, settee, sofa), yatmak (bang, be couched, go to bed, go to sleep, have a screw, hit the hay, hit the sack, incline, kip, kip down, lay, lay oneself down, lie, lie down, lie up, recline, repose, repose oneself, rest, sleep with, turn in), mızrağı indirmek, muayene sediri, nakışlamak, pusuya yatmak (ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lie in wait for, lurk, waylay), söylemek (affirm, air, apprise, assert, aver, bade, bid, break, call, confess, deliver, drop, enunciate, give voice to, hazard, impart, name, observe, order, pass, pronounce, remark, report, say, sing, sound, speak, speak of, spill, spit, spit out, state, tell, throw out, utter, voice, word), sedir (cedar, davenport, day bed, divan, ottoman, sofa), ininde uyumak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | укласти, формулювати (enunciate, form, formulate, phrase, word), кушетка (day bed), викладати (pose, profess, put, recite, set forward, teach, utter), нора (burrow, covert, den, house), лігво (cabin, covert, den, lair, lie), барліг (cabin, den, lair), причаїтися, прилягти (lie down), пирій (quitch, wheat-grass). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trường kỷ. (various references) | |
Welsh | tyle (hill, slope), lleithig (footstool), gwa+l (bed, lair), gorweddfan (bed), gorweddfa (bed), glwth (glutton, gluttonous). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accubitionem, accubitu, accubitus, collocare, cubile, cubili, cubilia, cubilibus, cubilis, cubitu, cubitum, cubitus, grabattis, grabatto, grabattum, lectis, lecto, lectum, lectus, strata, strati, strato, stratum, stratumque, torace, toro, torum, torus. (various references) |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | palyanka-s. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | couche. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | ExubrisaV wV udwr mh ekzeshV anebhV gar epi thn koithn tou patroV sou tote emianaV thn strwmnhn ou anebhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Effusus es sicut aqua non crescas quia ascendisti cubile patris tui et maculasti stratum eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ne grow thow, for thow hast steied up the cowche of thi fader, and thow hast defoulid the bedde of hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | As vnstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpo thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Nagabukal ingon sa tubig, dili ikaw mahimong pangulo; Kay misaka ka sa higdaanan sa imong amahan: Unya gihugawan mo kini; gisaka niya ang akong higdaanan sa kaminyoon. |
| Croatian | no, poput vode nabujao, neæeš više imati prvenstva, jer na ležaj oca svog se pope, moj tad oskvrnu krevet. |
| Danish | Du skummer over som Vandet, men du mister din Forret; thi du besteg din Faders Leje.Skændigt handled du da han besteg mit Leje! |
| Dutch | Snelle afloop als der wateren, gij zult de voortreffelijkste niet zijn! want gij hebt uws vaders leger beklommen; toen hebt gij het geschonden; hij heeft mijn bed beklommen! |
| Finnish | Mutta sinä kuohahdat kuin vesi, et pysy ensi sijalla, sillä sinä nousit isäsi leposijalle; silloin sinä sen saastutit. Niin, hän nousi vuoteeseeni. |
| French | Impétueux comme les eaux, tu n`auras pas la prééminence! Car tu es monté sur la couche de ton père, Tu as souillé ma couche en y montant. |
| German | Er fuhr leichtfertig dahin wie Wasser. Du sollst nicht der Oberste sein; denn du bist auf deines Vaters Lager gestiegen, daselbst hast du mein Bett entweiht mit dem Aufsteigen. |
| Haitian Creole | Ou tankou yon larivyè k'ap desann. Men, se pa ou k'ap alatèt, paske ou kouche ak yon madanm papa ou. Ou moute sou kabann mwen, ou fè sa ou pa t' dwe fè. |
| Hungarian | Állhatatlan, mint a víz, nem leszesz elsõ, mivel atyád ágyába léptél fel: akkor megfertõztetted! Nyoszolyámba lépett õ. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Engkau mudah tergoncang seperti air, sehingga bukan yang utama; sebab engkau tidur dengan selirku, kaunodai tempat tidur ayahmu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | bergelembunglah seperti dari air; maka tiada engkau lagi yang terutama, sebab engkau telah menaiki peraduan bapamu, engkau telah menajiskan peraduan nikahku, sebab engkau telah menaikinya. |
| Italian | Bollente come l'acqua, tu non avrai preminenza, perché hai invaso il talamo di tuo padre e hai violato il mio giaciglio su cui eri salito. |
| Maori | He mea pokarekare, ano he wai, e kore koe e kaka; mo tou pikitanga i te moenga o tou papa; pokea iho e koe a reira: i pikitia e ia toku takotoranga. |
| Norwegian | Du bruser over som vannet, du skal intet fortrin ha; for du steg op på din fars leie; da vanhelliget du det - i min seng steg han op! |
| Portuguese | Descomedido como a àgua, não reterás a preeminência; porquanto subiste ao leito de teu pai; então o contaminaste. Sim, ele subiu à minha cama. |
| Rumanian | Nqvalnic ca apele, -tu nu vei mai avea kntkietatea! Cqci te-ai suit kn patul tatqlui tqu, Mi-ai spurcat patul, suindu-te kn el. |
| Russian | ОП ФЩ ВХЫЕЧБМ, ЛБЛ ЧПДБ, --ОЕ ВХДЕЫШ РТЕЙНХЭЕУФЧПЧБФШ, ЙВП ФЩ ЧЪПЫЕМ ОБ МПЦЕ ПФГБ ФЧПЕЗП, ФЩ ПУЛЧЕТОЙМ РПУФЕМШ НПА, ЧЪПЫЕМ. |
| Spanish | Porque fuiste inestable como el agua, no serás el principal. Porque subiste a la cama de tu padre, y al subir a mi lecho lo profanaste. |
| Swedish | Du sjuder över såsom vatten, du skall icke bliva den främste, ty du besteg din faders läger; då gjorde du vad skändligt var. Ja, min bädd besteg han! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "couch": couchant, couched, coucher, couchers, couches, couching, couchings. (additional references) | |
Words containing "couch": accouchement, accouchements, accoucheur, accoucheurs. (additional references) | |
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"Couch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boucho, cauch, cauchy, choochy, chouch, chuch, Chuchu, Cibucu, Cioch, Ciucci, clooch, cluch, coch, cochy, Colucci, cooch, cooche, cootch, cootchy, corch, cotch, coucgh, couchi, Couchot, couchy, counc, counch, coutch, cruch, cucu, cuoca, Foutch, gouch, kooch, louch, Mcgouch, nouch, Oooooch, Oouchi, scooch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "couch" (pronounced kou"kh) |
| 2 | -ou" kh | crouch, grouch, Ouch, pouch, slouch, vouch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-o-u" | |
-1 letter: ouch. | |
-3 letters: ho, oh, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-h-o-u" | |
+1 letter: cachou, crouch. | |
+2 letters: cachous, capouch, couched, coucher, couches, pachuco, succoth. | |
+3 letters: cartouch, checkout, chockful, chubasco, cockshut, couchant, couchers, couching, crouched, crouches, hiccough, muchacho, outcatch, outcoach, pachucos. | |
+4 letters: capouches, cartouche, chancrous, checkouts, chubascos, chuckhole, cockshuts, colchicum, couchings, crouching, hiccoughs, muchachos, nonchurch, scutcheon, succotash, touchback, woodchuck, zucchetto. | |
+5 letters: accoucheur, caoutchouc, cartouches, chuckholes, churchgoer, colchicums, cowpuncher, escutcheon, hiccoughed, outcatches, outcoached, outcoaches, scaramouch, scutcheons, touchbacks, woodchucks, zucchettos. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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