"coupler" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌplə/ [UK] Forms: couplers [plural]
Etymology: From couple + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|couple|er|id2=agent noun}} couple + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} coupler (plural couplers)
  1. (now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages. Tags: archaic Translations (anything that couples things together): съединител (sǎedinitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kobling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-coupler-en-noun-48DN4yBO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 5 34 4 Disambiguation of 'anything that couples things together': 50 36 7 4 3
  2. Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
    Sense id: en-coupler-en-noun-hLwtuoZp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 5 34 4
  3. (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-coupler-en-noun-CAC~6j-T Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
    Sense id: en-coupler-en-noun-bWcSmZO2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 5 34 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 23 26 4 39 8
  5. An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
    Sense id: en-coupler-en-noun--l-KL8FR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acoustic coupler, coupleress, Janney coupler

Verb [French]

IPA: /ku.ple/ Audio: Fr-coupler.ogg
Etymology: From Latin cōpulāre. Doublet of the borrowed copuler. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|cōpulō|cōpulāre}} Latin cōpulāre, {{m|fr|copuler}} copuler Head templates: {{fr-verb}} coupler Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], coupler [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], couplant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], couplé [participle, past], couple [first-person, indicative, present, singular], couples [indicative, present, second-person, singular], couple [indicative, present, singular, third-person], couplons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], couplez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], couplent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], couplais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], couplais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], couplait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], couplions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], coupliez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], couplaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], couplai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], couplas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], coupla [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], couplâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], couplâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], couplèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], couplerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], coupleras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], couplera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], couplerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], couplerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], coupleront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], couplerais [conditional, first-person, singular], couplerais [conditional, second-person, singular], couplerait [conditional, singular, third-person], couplerions [conditional, first-person, plural], coupleriez [conditional, plural, second-person], coupleraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], couple [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], couples [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], couple [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], couplions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], coupliez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], couplent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], couplasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], couplasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], couplât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], couplassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], couplassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], couplassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], couple [imperative, second-person, singular], couplons [first-person, imperative, plural], couplez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to couple Tags: transitive Derived forms: accoupler, couplage, couplement, coupleur, découpler

Inflected forms

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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "couplez",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "multiword-construction",
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    {
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "word": "couplement"
        },
        {
          "word": "coupleur"
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        "to couple"
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        "(transitive) to couple"
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "acoustic coupler"
    },
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      "word": "coupleress"
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    {
      "word": "Janney coupler"
    }
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        "Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages."
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          "couples"
        ]
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        "(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages."
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        "archaic"
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          "couple"
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        [
          "railway",
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        ],
        [
          "carriage",
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      ]
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          "music"
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        "A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines."
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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        "masculine"
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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    "coupler"
  ],
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}

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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "second-person"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "couplas",
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        "second-person",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "couplerai",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coupleras",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "couplerez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "coupleront",
      "ipa": "/ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "couplerais",
      "ipa": "/ku.plə.ʁɛ/",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "couplerais",
      "ipa": "/ku.plə.ʁɛ/",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "coupleriez",
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        "second-person"
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    {
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "pluperfect"
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    {
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        "past"
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    {
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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    {
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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "French undefined derivations",
        "French verbs",
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  "word": "coupler"
}

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