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Couchette

Definition: Couchette

Couchette

Noun

1. A compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Couchette

Non-English Usage: "Couchette" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (sleeping car), French (berth, bunk, moorage).

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Usage Frequency: Couchette

"Couchette" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Couchette" is used about 7 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Couchette

Expressions using "couchette": couchette ticket i want a couchette. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "couchette": couchette-style.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Couchette

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

couchette

3

auto couchette train

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Couchette

Language Translations for "couchette"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

кушет. (various references)

   

Czech

  

lehátko (camp bed, deck chair, lounger). (various references)

   

Danish

  

liggeplads (berth, mooring place, reclining berth, shelter, sleeping accommodation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ligplaats (anchorage, moorage, mooring). (various references)

   

French

  

couchette (couch), place de couchette, place couchette. (various references)

   

German

  

Liegewagen (coach with reclining berths or couchettes), liegesitz (reclining seat), Liegeplatz (berth, moorage, moorings, place to lie). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κρεβάτι σε κλινοθέσιο όχημα (reclining berth), κουκέτα (berth, bunk, cot), θέση μετατρεπόμενη σε κρεβάτι (reclining berth). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kusett. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cuccetta (berth, bunk). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ouchettecay

   

Portuguese

  

lugar de dormir, lugar de beliche (reclining berth), lugar de "couchette". (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спальное место (berth). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

spavaća kola (sleeper, sleeping car, wagon lit), kušet. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

litera (berth, bunk, bunk bed, cabin, litter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

liten soffa, liggvagn (couchette car, pram). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tren yatağı, kuşet (berth). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

giường (head). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Couchette

Misspellings

"Couchette" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cachette, Cecchetti, cochito, Couchot, Moucharte, Ochetto. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Couchette

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-h-o-t-t-u"

-3 letters: touche.

-4 letters: chott, chute, couch, couth, cutch, octet, teeth, teuch, touch, tutee.

-5 letters: cete, cote, cute, eche, echo, etch, ouch, teth, thee, thou, tote, tout.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-h-o-t-t-u"
 

+4 letters: shuttlecocked.

 

+5 letters: butterscotches.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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