adj
Meaning 1
Distichous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
distich
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/ˈdɪstɪk/
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noun
Meaning 2
A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Any couplet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
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, couplet, duo, duet, dyad, duad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: two, 2, II, deuce
Narrower terms: doubleton
History
Etymology
From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: двустишие (dvustišie) — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Catalan: dístic — a two line stanza making complete sense
- French: distique — a two line stanza making complete sense
- German: Distichon — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Greek: δίστιχο (dísticho) — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Ancient Greek: δίστιχον (dístikhon) — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Macedonian: двостих (dvostih) — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Norwegian Bokmål: distikon — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Polish: dwuwiersz — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Polish: dystych — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Portuguese: dístico — a two line stanza making complete sense
- Russian: двусти́шие (dvustíšije) — a two line stanza making complete sense