couplet
A set of two things, particularlyA set of two things, particularly.: A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
» He translated the couplet into English.
Meaning
3 sensesA set of two things, particularly.
A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
Couplet
купле́тkuplét, двусти́шиеdvustíšije
купле́тkuplét, двові́ршdvovírš
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.
A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
- a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
- two items of the same kind
Examples
4 sentencesHe translated the couplet into English.
A couplet is a short poem consisting of two rhyming lines.
This elegy follows the traditional elegiac couplet format of classical poetry.
Tom wrote an elegiac couplet in Latin about Mary.
Translations
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Origin
From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.
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