how to pronounce coucher

/ku.ʃe/

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coucher is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of coucher in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… ehpad commençons à le coucher de leur …”

meanings of coucher

verb:

To slant (writing).
To lay, to lay down.
To put to bed, to put up (a lodger).
To sleep.
To spend the night.
To lodge.
To go to bed.
To pack off to bed.
To layer (branches).
To lodge, to beat down (wheat).
To aim at.

noun:

Bedding.
Going to bed.
Setting (sun).
Room and board.

coucher frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word coucher occurs in french on average 32.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.