Also means
shopping basket
Usage Note
Couffin most commonly refers to a soft, wicker-style baby basket used as a newborn's first bed. In southern France and North African French, it also means a large woven shopping basket. The word entered French from Provençal cofin, itself from Latin cophinus.
Examples
"Le bébé dort dans son couffin."
Natural Translation
The baby is sleeping in its Moses basket.

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