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couche [ku∫]feminine nouna. [de peinture] coat ; [de beurre, fard, neige] layerb. ( = zone) layer* * *kuʃ
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1) (de vernis, peinture, d'apprêt) coat; (d'aliments, de poussière, neige) layer2) ( strate) stratum, layer‘préserve la couche d'ozone’ — ‘ozone-friendly’
3) Sociologie sectorles couches laborieuses — the working classes ou sectors
4) ( pour bébés) nappy GB, diaper US5) ( lit) liter bed
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couches (dated) nom féminin pluriel ( accouchement) childbirth (sg)* * *kuʃ1. nf1) (= strate) layer, GÉOLOGIE layer, stratum2) [peinture, vernis] coat3) [poussière, crème] layer4) [bébé] nappy Grande-Bretagne diaper USA5) lit, humoristique (= lit) bed2. couches nfpl1) (= enfantement) confinement sg2) (= strates sociales)couches sociales — social levels, social strata
* * *A nf1 (de vernis, peinture, d'apprêt) coat; (d'aliments, de poussière, neige) layer; passer la deuxième couche to put on the second coat; une couche de crasse/graviers a layer of filth/gravel; une couche d'huile a film of oil;2 ( strate) stratum, layer; les couches atmosphériques the layers ou strata of the atmosphere; la couche d'ozone the ozone layer; ‘préserve la couche d'ozone’ ‘ozone-friendly’; une couche argileuse/calcaire a stratum ou layer of clay/lime;3 Sociol sector; les couches défavorisées/laborieuses the underprivileged/working classes ou sectors; toutes les couches socioprofessionnelles all the social and occupational sectors;en tenir une (sacrée) couche◑ to be really thick○.1. [allongé] lying down[au lit] in bedcouché! [à un chien] (lie) down!3. [pli] recumbent -
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v. pronom.1. To 'plonk oneself' down any-old-how on a piece of furniture (literally to slump in a position reminiscent of a recumbent cow).2. To lapse into a 'couldn't-care-less' state of mind.3. To 'go to seed', to let oneself become fat and flabby. -
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n. m.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head.2. 'Goof', 'fat-head', simpleton.3. Bowler hat.4. 'Coon', Arab.5. Avoir les pieds en cosses de melon: To be an 'idle git', a lazy so-and-so (literally to have feet and toes curled in the shape of slices of melon skin, in a typically idle, recumbent posture).
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Recumbent — may refer to:* Recumbent bicycle, a bicycle which places the rider in a seated or supine position * Recumbent stone circles, a variation on the more familiar standard stone circles found throughout the UK … Wikipedia
Recumbent — Re*cum bent ( bet), a. [L. recumbens, entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See {Recumb}, {Incumbent}.] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. {Re*cum bent*ly}, adv.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
recumbent — index inactive, passive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
recumbent — 1640s (implied in recumbency), from L. recumbentem (nom. recumbens), prp. of recumbere to recline, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cumbere to lie down, related to cubare be lying (see CUBICLE (Cf … Etymology dictionary
recumbent — *prone, supine, prostrate, couchant, dormant Antonyms: upright, erect … New Dictionary of Synonyms
recumbent — [adj] lying down decumbent, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, resupine, sprawling, supine; concept 583 … New thesaurus
recumbent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying down. 2) (of a plant) growing close to the ground. DERIVATIVES recumbency noun. ORIGIN from Latin recumbere recline … English terms dictionary
recumbent — [ri kum′bənt] adj. [L recumbens, prp. of recumbere < re , back + cumbere; akin to cubare, to lie down: see CUBE1] 1. a) lying down; reclining; leaning b) resting; idle 2. Biol. designating a part that leans or lies upon some other part or… … English World dictionary
recumbent — adjective Etymology: Latin recumbent , recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re + cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie Date: 1705 1. a. suggestive of repose ; leaning, resting b. lying down 2. representing a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
recumbent — recumbency, recumbence, n. recumbently, adv. /ri kum beuhnt/, adj. 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. inactive; idle. 3. Zool., Bot. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin. n. 4. a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc.… … Universalium
recumbent — [[t]rɪkʌ̱mbənt[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A recumbent figure or person is lying down. [FORMAL] He looked down at the recumbent figure … English dictionary