English Explanatory Dictionary

couple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
  2. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
  3. A small number.
  4. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
  5. A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
  6. A couple-close.
  7. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
adj
  1. Two or (a) small number of.
det
  1. Two or a few, a small number of.
verb
  1. To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
  2. To join in wedlock; to marry.
  3. To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
  4. To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
  5. To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌp.əl/ [ˈkʌp.ɫ̩] en-uk-couple.ogg en-us-couple.ogg /ˈkə.pᵻl/ [kɐ.pɘl]

Word forms

couple couples copel coupling coupled

Etymology

From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.

Synonyms

pair brace twosome few handful attach put together espouse make love affix bewed have sex

Derived words

active couple argue like a married couple argue like an old married couple bicker like a married couple bicker like an old married couple bridal couple coupla couple-beggar couple-close coupledom couplehood couple-ish couple-three couple three couple up coupley couplezilla couplish couply dual career couple dual earner couple fight like a married couple fight like an old married couple galvanic couple have a couple in a couple of shakes incouple intercouple married couple medcouple noncouple odd couple power couple Romeo and Juliet couple supercouple thermocouple throuple voltaic couple accouple couplable coupling coupling rod decouple decoupled outcouple recouple uncouple
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