Phrase guide

couch grass

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃˌɡɹæs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkuːt͡ʃɡɹɑːs/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A grass of species Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dog grass, quackgrass, quicken, quick grass, quitch, quitch grass, scutch grass, twitch, witchgrass

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dog grass, quackgrass, quack grass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass, Agropyron repens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheatgrass, wheat-grass

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gram — species of grass
  • Albanian: krisje — species of grass
  • Arabic: نْجم (njəm) — species of grass
  • Asturian: grama — species of grass
  • Azerbaijani: sürünən ayrıqotu — species of grass
  • Basque: askiluze — species of grass
  • Belarusian: пы́рнік (pýrnik) — species of grass
  • Breton: treuzgeot — species of grass
  • Bulgarian: пълзящ пирей (pǎlzjašt pirej) — species of grass
  • Catalan: agram — species of grass
  • Czech: pýr — species of grass
  • Danish: kvikgræs — species of grass
  • Danish: senegræs — species of grass
  • Danish: kvik — species of grass
  • Dutch: kweek — species of grass
  • Esperanto: kviko — species of grass
  • Faroese: víðgongdur kveiki — species of grass
  • Finnish: juolavehnä — species of grass
  • French: chiendent — species of grass
  • North Frisian: kweg — species of grass
  • Galician: grama — species of grass
  • Galician: rengo — species of grass
  • German: Quecke — species of grass
  • German: Kriech-Quecke — species of grass
  • Greek: αγριάδα (agriáda) — species of grass
  • Hungarian: tarackbúza — species of grass
  • Icelandic: húsapuntur — species of grass
  • Ingrian: orasheinä — species of grass
  • Ingrian: orasrooho — species of grass
  • Irish: broimfhéar — species of grass
  • Italian: gramigna — species of grass
  • Japanese: シバムギ (shibamugi) — species of grass
  • Kalmyk: әәрү (äärü) — species of grass
  • Kashubian: prôwdzëwô òszoc — species of grass
  • Korean: 구주개밀 (gujugaemil) — species of grass
  • Central Kurdish: فریزوو (frîzû) — species of grass
  • Northern Kurdish: firiz — species of grass
  • Latin: agrōstis — species of grass
  • Latvian: ložņu vārpata — species of grass
  • Lithuanian: paprastasis varputis — species of grass
  • Macedonian: пиреј (pirej) — species of grass
  • Māori: herewhenua — species of grass
  • Mongolian: хиаг (xiag) — species of grass
  • Neapolitan: falasca — species of grass
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kveke — species of grass
  • Occitan: agram — species of grass
  • Ossetian: бырӕг (byræg) — species of grass
  • Polish: perz — species of grass
  • Quechua: ch'iki qachu — species of grass
  • Romansh: trebla — species of grass
  • Russian: пыре́й (pyréj) — species of grass
  • Scots: couch gress — species of grass
  • Slovak: pýr — species of grass
  • Slovene: plazeča pirnica — species of grass
  • Lower Sorbian: pyrje — species of grass
  • Spanish: grama — species of grass
  • Swedish: kvickrot — species of grass
  • Turkish: ayrık otu — species of grass
  • Udmurt: ожмонтурын (ožmonturyn) — species of grass
  • Ukrainian: пирі́й (pyríj) — species of grass
  • Venetan: gramegna — species of grass
  • Volapük: (syn.: Triticum repens) kripatritig — species of grass
  • Walloon: påne — species of grass
  • Walloon: dint-d'-tchén — species of grass
  • Welsh: marchwellt — species of grass