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Meaning of "couchette" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COUCHETTE

From French, diminutive of couche bed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COUCHETTE

couchette  [kuːˈʃɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUCHETTE

noun
adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Couchette is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUCHETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

couchette

Couchette car

A couchette car is a railroad car conveying basic non-private sleeping accommodation. The interior of typical European couchette compartment, with the beds folded down to the night-time configuration. The car is divided into a number of compartments accessed from the side corridor of the car, which in daytime are configured with a bench seat along each long side of the compartment. At an appropriate time in the journey, the attendant who travels in the car converts the compartment into its night-time configuration with two or three bunks on each long side of the compartment, creating a total of four bunks in first class and six in second class. Typically, in 2nd class the seat serves as the lowest bunk, and the back of the seat is turned into a horizontal position and serves as the middle bunk. There are two types of couchette car in countries of the former USSR: "coupé" and "platzkart". "Coupé" cars are more expensive and comfortable with 4-bunk compartments fully separated from each other and the corridor.

Definition of couchette in the English dictionary

The definition of couchette in the dictionary is a bed in a railway carriage, esp one converted from seats.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUCHETTE


brochette
brɒˈʃɛt
fourchette
fʊəˈʃɛt
planchette
plɑːnˈʃɛt
pochette
pəˈʃɛt
shet
ʃɛt
trebuchet
ˈtrɛbjʊˌʃɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUCHETTE

cou-cou
coucal
couch
couch grass
couch potato
couchant
couche
couchee
coucher
couching
couchsurfing
cougan
cougar
cough
cough drop
cough medicine
cough mixture
cough sweet
cough syrup
cough up

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUCHETTE

bachelorette
brunette
cassette
cigarette
Colette
corvette
dinette
en brochette
etiquette
gazette
jeanette
kitchenette
Lafayette
netiquette
palette
roulette
silhouette
toilette
vedette
vignette

Synonyms and antonyms of couchette in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «couchette» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUCHETTE

Find out the translation of couchette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of couchette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «couchette» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

睡铺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

litera
570 millions of speakers

English

couchette
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

couchette
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَضْجَع صَغِير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спальное место в вагоне
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assento leito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যাত্রীদের ঘুমাইবার স্থান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couchette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Couchette
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Liegeplatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寝台車コンパートメントの寝台
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

침대칸의 침대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Couchette
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giường trên tàu hỏa/tàu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புகை வண்டியில் படுப்பதற்காக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कूचटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuşet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cuccetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kuszetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спальне місце
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cușetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουκέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ligrijtuig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

liggvagnsplats
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sovevogn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of couchette

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUCHETTE»

The term «couchette» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUCHETTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «couchette» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «couchette» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about couchette

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUCHETTE»

Discover the use of couchette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to couchette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Europe For Dummies
Outside each couchette, you find a little plastic window where bits of cardboard are inserted if someone at this stop or at a stop down the line has reserved a seat . To save yourself the trouble of getting booted out later in your trip, check to make ...
Reid Bramblett, 2005
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Discrimination in the Field of Employment and Occupation
Dans le cas où des couchettes sont placées le long de la muraille du navire, il devrait être interdit de superposer des couchettes à l'endroit où un hublot est situé au-dessus d'une couchette. 8. Lorsque des couchettes sont superposées, ...
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Frommer's Europe by Rail
TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS 1f the last time you rode on a European night train was as a college student, crammed into a six—berth couchette compartment , you'll be pleasantly surprised by the range of accommodations on modern night  ...
Amy Eckert, Dardis McNamee, Christopher N. Anderson, 2011
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Asphalt: A Novel
A Novel Carl Hancock Rux. up pins of light, cold shadows breezing through the predawn chill. She keeps the windows open, lifted up high, Abbey's voice blares out the window, bounces off of the brownstone walls across the street. Couchette  ...
Carl Hancock Rux, 2010
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Le convenzioni internazionali della navigazione marittima, ...
entre le fond de la couchette inférieure et le dessous des barrots du plafond. 16. Les dimensions intérieures minima d'une couchette seront de 1,90 me`tre sur 0, 68 me`tre (6 pieds 3 pouces sur 2 pieds 3 ponces). 17. Le cadre d'une couchette  ...
Giorgio Righetti, Massimiliano Rimaboschi, 2008
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Schaum's Outline of French Vocabulary
3. Si les passagers ont faim pendant le voyage, on leur sert un repas au - ou s'ils preferent le libre-service, ils peuvent prendre quelque chose dans le - . 4. J'ai peur des hauteurs. Donc, je ne vais pas choisir une couchette ou une couchette ...
Mary Crocker, 2013
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Sleeping Car: Passenger Car, VIA Rail, Couchette Car, Auto ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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Desires of My Heart
As we boarded the train, I felt a bump from the hustle of the crowd of passengers walking down the aisle of the coach looking for our couchette. I heard someone behind me hollering, asking if this belly-pack was mine; holding it aloft where I ...
Ken Peery, 2009
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Premiers Doutes
En se penchant sur sa droite, il constata que sa couchette se trouvait légèrement en hauteur. Obéron se laissa glisser à terre avec souplesse. Avant même que ses pieds ne touchent le sol, un panneau s'alluma automatiquement au plafond ...
Igor Cynober
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Eastern Turkey:
A couchette carriage (küşetli) has shelf-like beds in compartments shared with four or six people and no bedding is provided, unless they are described as örtülü küşetli (covered couchette). The usual system is for a long-distance train to have ...
Drake, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUCHETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term couchette is used in the context of the following news items.
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It's the 50th anniversary of the Renault 16
The seats were designed to suit all types of use, from fixing a child seat to a reclined position for resting, and even a couchette position for two. «Cyprus Mail, Jun 15»
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Comment trois femmes déportées à Auschwitz ont réussi à sauver …
Pas possible, je partage la même couchette". Des expériences dont les objectifs dépassent l'entendement. Nous sommes en octobre 1944, ... «leJDD.fr, Jun 15»
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This Week In History: 1935 - The Battle of Ballantyne Pier
Sun reporter Bob Couchette found himself in the middle of the melee. “From behind the box-cars charge a squad of provincials on horseback,” ... «Vancouver Sun, Jun 15»
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An elegy for the sleeper train – a waning symbol that Serco has …
... London-Inverness when I was a child on numerous occasions, but the most recent was Paris-Berlin, sans-couchette... Required a good book ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Montenegro fleet modernisation
In addition, ŽPCG signed a contract last month for TŽV Gredelj to modernise four couchette cars. Ridership on ŽPCG services in the first half of ... «Railway Gazette International, Jun 15»
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Bulgarian railways begins advance sales of summer 2015 train …
Passengers wanting to travel in a sleeping car or couchette may book places up to 30 days before departure. This is in effect throughout the ... «The Sofia Globe, May 15»
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'Inside No. 9': The Beautiful Horror Continues
There are experiments: “Cold Comfort” is shot using only CCTV footage of the call centre, and “La Couchette” is another tightly trapped episode ... «PopMatters, May 15»
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Colin Covert - My perfect Saturday - 2015 Best of MN
At this time of day I'd go for the poached eggs with ham en couchette or with tender corned beef and hash, sinfully good either way. If you're ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 15»
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Review: Wicked And Witty INSIDE NO.9 Brings Innovation to …
'La Couchette', the opening episode, was closer to 'Sardines' than any other episode, though the gratuitous toilet humour painted darker ... «TwitchFilm, May 15»
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Rupert Everett, 'I'm too old to be naughty now'
I did have a first-class couchette, but it was a fleapit and I'm surprised I didn't get syphilis from it. The only good thing was my picnic. «NEWS.com.au, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Couchette [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/couchette>. Apr 2024 ».
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