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couch

/ˈkaʊtʃ/KOWCH
/ˈkaʊtʃ/KOWCH

Meaningto place together

Common meaning: a sofa

Journey through time

  1. Latincollocare‘to place together’source
  2. Middle Englishcouchensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto place together → a sofacouch‘a sofa’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin collocare ‘to place together’.

Roots

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