Meaning

3 senses
  1. A set of two things, particularly.

    A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.

    Couplet

    купле́тkuplét, двусти́шиеdvustíšije

    купле́тkuplét, двові́ршdvovírš

  2. A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.

    5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.

  3. A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.

More definitions
  • a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
  • two items of the same kind

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He translated the couplet into English.

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  2. A couplet is a short poem consisting of two rhyming lines.

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  3. This elegy follows the traditional elegiac couplet format of classical poetry.

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  4. Tom wrote an elegiac couplet in Latin about Mary.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words:
Русский
By meaning 1
in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: couplets
Singularcouplet
Pluralcouplets

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
duoone-way pair
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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