Meaning

7 senses
  1. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

    A couple of police officers appeared at the door.

    Paar

    па́раpára, дво́еdvóje

    па́раpára, дво́єdvóje

    two items of the same kind

  2. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

    Paar

    па́раpára, чета́četá

    па́раpára

  3. (informal)A small number.

    einige, ein paar

    па́раpára

    a small indefinite number

  4. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

    по́люсpóljus

  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.

Examples

1837 sentences
  1. Give them a couple of minutes.

    Дай їм кілька хвилин.

    ruДай им пару минут.

    deGib ihnen ein paar Minuten Zeit.

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  2. Give us a couple more minutes.

    Дай нам ще пару хвилин.

    deGib uns ein paar Minuten mehr!

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  3. I've been here a couple hours.

    Я тут уже кілька годин.

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  4. May I ask a couple of questions?

    Можна мені поставити декілька запитань?

    ruМожно задать Вам пару вопросов?

    deKann ich ein paar Fragen stellen?

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  5. I'm taking a couple of days off.

    Я беру кілька днів відгулу.

    ruЯ беру отгул на пару дней.

    deIch nehme mir ein paar Tage frei.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
two of the same kind considered together:
Русский
By meaning 3
two of the same kind considered together:
two partners:
one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
two of the same kind considered together:
a small number of:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: couples
Singularcouple
Pluralcouples

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
a small number of:fewA2handful
two things of the same kind:brace
two partners:twosome
Close in meaning

Word family

23 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a couple of
  • for a couple
  • couple of days
  • couple of weeks
  • couple of hours
  • have a couple
  • in a couple
  • couple of years
  • couple of times
  • buy a couple
  • couple of questions
  • couple of songs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
couple — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto