couple

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• /ˈkʌp.əl/
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• South-Asia: /ˈkə.pᵻl/
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• South-Asia: [kɐ.pɘl]
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From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: çift — two partners
• Arabic: زَوْجَانِ (zawjāni) — two partners
• Armenian: զույգ (zuyg) — two partners
• Azerbaijani: cüt — two partners
• Basque: bikote — two partners
• Belarusian: па́ра (pára) — two partners
• Bulgarian: дво́йка (dvójka) — two partners
• Burmese: လင်မယား (langma.ya:) — two partners
• Burmese: ယမက (ya.ma.ka.) — two partners
• Catalan: parella — two partners
• Chinese Mandarin: 伴侶 /伴侣 (bànlǚ) — two partners
• Chinese Mandarin: 一對 /一对 (yīduì) — two partners
• Chinese Mandarin: 夫妻 (fūqī) — two partners
• Chinese Mandarin: 夫婦 /夫妇 (fūfù) — two partners
• Chinese Mandarin: 情侣 (qínglǚ) — two partners
• Czech: pár — two partners
• Danish: par — two partners
• Dutch: stel — two partners
• Dutch: koppel — two partners
• Dutch: paar — two partners
• Dutch: duo — two partners
• Esperanto: paro — two partners
• Estonian: paar — two partners
• Finnish: pari — two partners
• Finnish: pariskunta — two partners
• French: couple — two partners
• French: paire — two partners
• French: époux — two partners
• Middle French: couple — two partners
• Old French: couple — two partners
• Georgian: წყვილი (c̣q̇vili) — two partners
• German: Paar — two partners
• Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) — two partners
• Greek: ζευγάρι (zevgári) — two partners
• Hawaiian: paʻa male — two partners
• Hebrew: זוּג (zug) — two partners
• Hindi: युगल (yugal) — two partners
• Hindi: जोड़ा (joṛā) — two partners
• Hindi: दंपति (dampati) — two partners
• Hungarian: pár — two partners
• Hunsrik: Casal — two partners
• Hunsrik: Paar — two partners
• Icelandic: par — two partners
• Ido: duo — two partners
• Ido: paro — two partners
• Ingrian: pariskunta — two partners
• Ingrian: parisikko — two partners
• Irish: lánúin — two partners
• Old Irish: lánamain — two partners
• Italian: coppia — two partners
• Japanese: カップル (kappuru) — two partners
• Japanese: ペア (pea) — two partners
• Japanese: 対 (tsui) — two partners
• Japanese: 一対 (ittsui) — two partners
• Japanese: 夫婦 (fūfu) — two partners
• Kazakh: жұбай (jūbai) — two partners
• Kazakh: жұп (jūp) — two partners
• Khmer: មិថុន (mithon) — two partners
• Khmer: មេថុន (meithon) — two partners
• Khmer: គូ (kuu) — two partners
• Korean: 부부 (bubu) — two partners
• Korean: 커플 (keopeul) — two partners
• Kyrgyz: жубай (jubay) — two partners
• Lao: ຄູ່ (khū) — two partners
• Latvian: pāris — two partners
• Lithuanian: pora — two partners
• Luxembourgish: Puer — two partners
• Macedonian: пар (par) — two partners
• Macedonian: двојка (dvojka) — two partners
• Malayalam: ദമ്പതികൾ (dampatikaḷ) — two partners
• Middle English: couple — two partners
• Mongolian: хос (xos) — two partners
• Nepali: जोडी (joḍī) — two partners
• Norman: couplle — two partners
• Norman: coupl'ye — two partners
• Norwegian Bokmål: par — two partners
• Pashto: زوج (zawj) — two partners
• Dari: جُفْت (juft) — two partners
• Dari: زَوْج (zawj) — two partners
• Iranian Persian: جُفْت (joft) — two partners
• Iranian Persian: زُوْج (zowj) — two partners
• Polish: para — two partners
• Portuguese: casal — two partners
• Romanian: pereche — two partners
• Romanian: cuplu — two partners
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — two partners
• Russian: чета́ (četá) — two partners
• Sanskrit: द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva) — two partners
• Sanskrit: मिथुन (mithuna) — two partners
• Scottish Gaelic: dithis — two partners
• Scottish Gaelic: càraid — two partners
• Serbo-Croatian: па̑р — two partners
• Serbo-Croatian: pȃr — two partners
• Slovak: pár — two partners
• Slovene: par — two partners
• Spanish: pareja — two partners
• Swedish: par — two partners
• Tajik: ҷуфт (juft) — two partners
• Tajik: завҷ (zavj) — two partners
• Tamil: ஜோடி (jōṭi) — two partners
• Tamil: இணை (iṇai) — two partners
• Tamil: இரட்டை (iraṭṭai) — two partners
• Tamil: தம்பதி (tampati) — two partners
• Thai: คู่ (kûu) — two partners
• Turkish: çift — two partners
• Ottoman Turkish: چفت (çift) — two partners
• Ottoman Turkish: زوج (zevc) — two partners
• Turkmen: jübüt — two partners
• Ukrainian: па́ра (pára) — two partners
• Urdu: جوڑا (joṛā) — two partners
• Urdu: جُفْت (juft) — two partners
• Urdu: زَوج (zauj) — two partners
• Uyghur: جۈپ (jüp) — two partners
• Uzbek: juft — two partners
• Vietnamese: đôi vợ chồng — two partners
• Vietnamese: đôi — two partners
• Welsh: cwpl — two partners
• Welsh: pâr — two partners
• Armenian: զույգ (zuyg) — two of the same kind considered together
• Azerbaijani: cüt — two of the same kind considered together
• Azerbaijani: cütlük — two of the same kind considered together
• Bulgarian: чифт (čift) — two of the same kind considered together
• Chinese Mandarin: 對 /对 (duì) — two of the same kind considered together
• Chinese Mandarin: 一對 /一对 (yīduì) — two of the same kind considered together
• Czech: pár — two of the same kind considered together
• Dutch: paar — two of the same kind considered together
• Dutch: koppel — two of the same kind considered together
• Dutch: tweetal — two of the same kind considered together
• Esperanto: paro — two of the same kind considered together
• Finnish: pari — two of the same kind considered together
• French: paire — two of the same kind considered together
• Middle French: couple — two of the same kind considered together
• Old French: couple — two of the same kind considered together
• German: Paar — two of the same kind considered together
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺 (gajuk) — two of the same kind considered together
• Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) — two of the same kind considered together
• Greek: ζευγάρι (zevgári) — two of the same kind considered together
• Hebrew: זוּג (zug) — two of the same kind considered together
• Irish: cúpla — two of the same kind considered together
• Irish: ordphéire — two of the same kind considered together
• Italian: coppia — two of the same kind considered together
• Italian: paio — two of the same kind considered together
• Japanese: 二つ (futatsu) — two of the same kind considered together
• Japanese: 二人 (futari) — two of the same kind considered together
• Kabyle: abalag — two of the same kind considered together
• Latin: par — two of the same kind considered together
• Latvian: pāris — two of the same kind considered together
• Māori: tōpū — two of the same kind considered together
• Middle English: couple — two of the same kind considered together
• Polish: dwa — two of the same kind considered together
• Polish: dwie — two of the same kind considered together
• Polish: dwójka — two of the same kind considered together
• Portuguese: dupla — two of the same kind considered together
• Portuguese: par — two of the same kind considered together
• Romanian: pereche — two of the same kind considered together
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — two of the same kind considered together
• Russian: дво́е (dvóje) — two of the same kind considered together
• Sanskrit: द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva) — two of the same kind considered together
• Sanskrit: मिथुन (mithuna) — two of the same kind considered together
• Slovene: par — two of the same kind considered together
• Spanish: par — two of the same kind considered together
• Swedish: par — two of the same kind considered together
• Tamil: இரு (iru) — two of the same kind considered together
• Tamil: இரண்டு (iraṇṭu) — two of the same kind considered together
• Ottoman Turkish: چفت (çift) — two of the same kind considered together
• Ottoman Turkish: زوج (zevc) — two of the same kind considered together
• Ukrainian: па́ра (pára) — two of the same kind considered together
• Ukrainian: дво́є (dvóje) — two of the same kind considered together
• Welsh: cwpl — two of the same kind considered together
• Welsh: pâr — two of the same kind considered together
• Azerbaijani: bir-iki — a small number of
• Bulgarian: ня́колко (njákolko) — a small number of
• Bulgarian: ма́лко (málko) — a small number of
• Chinese Mandarin: 幾個 /几个 (jǐge) — a small number of
• Czech: pár — a small number of
• Dutch: paar — a small number of
• Dutch: koppel — a small number of
• Esperanto: kelkaj... — a small number of
• French: quelques — a small number of
• French: deux ou trois... — a small number of
• Georgian: რამდენიმე (ramdenime) — a small number of
• German: einige — a small number of
• German: ein paar — a small number of
• Hebrew: מְעַט (me'át') — a small number of
• Irish: cúpla — a small number of
• Italian: paio — a small number of
• Japanese: 二、三 — a small number of
• Korean: 두셋 (duset) — a small number of
• Latvian: pāris — a small number of
• Polish: parę — a small number of
• Polish: paru — a small number of
• Portuguese: poucos — a small number of
• Portuguese: alguns — a small number of
• Romanian: câțiva — a small number of
• Romanian: câteva — a small number of
• Russian: па́ра (pára) — a small number of
• Spanish: un par de — a small number of
• Spanish: unos — a small number of
• Swedish: ett par — a small number of
• Tamil: சிறிய (ciṟiya) — a small number of
• Tamil: சிறு (ciṟu) — a small number of
• Tamil: சில (cila) — a small number of
• Turkish: azıcık — a small number of
• Welsh: cwpl — a small number of
• Bulgarian: по́люс (póljus) — one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery
• Finnish: pari — one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery
• Japanese: カップル (kappuru) — one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery
• Japanese: 電対 — one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery
• Russian: по́люс (póljus) — one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery
• Swedish: pol — one of the pair of plates in a voltaic battery
• Bulgarian: двои́ца (dvoíca) — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• Dutch: koppel — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• Finnish: voimapari — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• French: couple — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• Japanese: 偶力 (gūryoku) — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• Romanian: cuplu — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• Spanish: par de fuerzas — two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment
• Bulgarian: сдвоявам impf свързвам (sdvojavam) — to join together
• Bulgarian: съединявам (sǎedinjavam) — to join together
• Catalan: acoblar — to join together
• Chinese Mandarin: 連接 /连接 (liánjiē) — to join together
• Dutch: koppelen — to join together
• Esperanto: kupli — to join together
• French: coupler — to join together
• Hebrew: חיבר (khibér) — to join together
• Hebrew: איחד (ikhéd) — to join together
• Ido: kuplar — to join together
• Italian: agganciare — to join together
• Italian: accoppiare — to join together
• Portuguese: acoplar — to join together
• Romanian: cupla — to join together
• Romanian: împerechea — to join together
• Romanian: împreuna — to join together
• Spanish: acoplar — to join together
• Swedish: koppla — to join together
• Tamil: சேர் (cēr) — to join together
• Tamil: இணை (iṇai) — to join together