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A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
Ellipsis of antithetical couplet, Chinese couplet, or duilian couplet (“duilian”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: one-way pair
Antonyms: none provided
A set of two things, particularly.
A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: stanza
Narrower terms: closed couplet, heroic couplet
two items of the same kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: two, 2, II, deuce
Narrower terms: doubleton
From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
բեյթ
(beytʻ)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Armenian:
երկյակ
(erkyak)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Azerbaijani:
beyt
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Belarusian:
купле́т
(kupljét)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Belarusian:
двуве́рш
(dvuvjérš)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Bulgarian:
купле́т
(kuplét)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Bulgarian:
двусти́шие
(dvustíšie)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Chinese Cantonese:
對句 /对句
(deoi3 geoi3)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Chinese Mandarin:
對句 /对句
(duìjù)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Czech:
dvojverší
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Esperanto:
duversaĵo
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Esperanto:
strofo
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Finnish:
kupletti
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Finnish:
säepari
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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French:
couplet
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Georgian:
ბაითი
(baiti)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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German:
Couplet
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Greek:
κουπλέ
(kouplé)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Hausa:
ƙwàr̃
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Indonesian:
bait
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Indonesian:
kuplet
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Indonesian:
untai
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Japanese:
対句
(tsuiku)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Korean:
대구
(daegu)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Macedonian:
двостих
(dvostih)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Macedonian:
купле́т
(kuplét)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Persian:
بِیْت
(beyt)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Polish:
dwuwiersz
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Polish:
dystych
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Portuguese:
parelha
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Romanian:
distih
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Russian:
купле́т
(kuplét)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Russian:
двусти́шие
(dvustíšije)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Slovak:
kuplet
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Slovene:
distih
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Sundanese:
pada
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Tagalog:
dulay
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Tagalog:
dalawahan
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Tagalog:
kopla
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Tajik:
байт
(bayt)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Tajik:
думисрагӣ
(dumisragi)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Telugu:
ద్విపద
(dvipada)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Turkish:
beyit
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Ukrainian:
купле́т
(kuplét)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Ukrainian:
двові́рш
(dvovírš)
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Vietnamese:
đối
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Vietnamese:
câu đối
— in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
