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couchette
(kuːʃet)
Word forms: plural couchettes
countable noun
A couchette is a bed on a train or a boat which is folded against the wall or used as a seat during the day.
[mainly British]couchette in British English
(kuːˈʃɛt)
noun
a bed in a railway carriage, esp one converted from seats
Word origin
C20: from French, diminutive of couche bedcouchette in American English
(kuˈʃɛt)
noun
an inexpensive berth on a European train, consisting of a shelflike bed that folds down to allow passengers to sleep in their clothes: there are usually four couchettes in a first-class compartment and six in a second-class compartment
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British English: couchette /kuːˈʃɛt/ NOUN
A couchette is a bed on a train or a boat which is either folded against the wall or used as an ordinary seat during the day.
- American English: sleeping berth
- Arabic: مَضْجَع صَغِير
- Brazilian Portuguese: assento leito
- Chinese: 睡铺
- Croatian: kušet
- Czech: lehátko
- Danish: liggeplads
- Dutch: couchette
- European Spanish: litera
- Finnish: lepovaunupaikka
- French: couchette
- German: Liegeplatz
- Greek: κουκέτα
- Italian: cuccetta
- Japanese: 寝台車コンパートメントの寝台
- Korean: 침대칸의 침대
- Norwegian: sovevogn
- Polish: kuszetka
- European Portuguese: couchette
- Romanian: cușetă
- Russian: спальное место в вагоне
- Latin American Spanish: litera
- Swedish: liggvagnsplats
- Thai: เตียงนอนบนรถไฟ
- Turkish: kuşet
- Ukrainian: спальне місце
- Vietnamese: giường trên tàu hỏa/tàu