English Explanatory Dictionary

couplet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of two things, particularly.
  2. A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
  3. Ellipsis of antithetical couplet, Chinese couplet, or duilian couplet (“duilian”).
  4. A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
  5. A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌp.lət/ /ˈkʌp.lɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-couplet.wav

Word forms

couplet couplets

Etymology

From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.

Synonyms

duo one-way pair

Derived words

coupleteer heroic couplet rhyming couplet

Translations

Armenian: բեյթ Armenian: երկյակ Azerbaijani: beyt Belarusian: купле́т Belarusian: двуве́рш Bulgarian: купле́т Bulgarian: двусти́шие Chinese Cantonese: 對句 /对句 Chinese Mandarin: 對句 /对句 Czech: dvojverší Esperanto: duversaĵo Esperanto: strofo Finnish: kupletti Finnish: säepari French: couplet Georgian: ბაითი German: Couplet Greek: κουπλέ Hausa: ƙwàr̃ Indonesian: bait Indonesian: kuplet Indonesian: untai Japanese: 対句 Korean: 대구 Macedonian: двостих Macedonian: купле́т Persian: بِیْت Polish: dwuwiersz Polish: dystych Portuguese: parelha Romanian: distih Russian: купле́т Russian: двусти́шие Slovak: kuplet Slovene: distih Sundanese: pada Tagalog: dulay Tagalog: dalawahan Tagalog: kopla Tajik: байт Tajik: думисрагӣ Telugu: ద్విపద Turkish: beyit Ukrainian: купле́т Ukrainian: двові́рш Vietnamese: đối Vietnamese: câu đối
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