"couplet" meaning in English

See couplet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌp.lət/, /ˈkʌplɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-couplet.wav [UK] Forms: couplets [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌplət Etymology: From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|couplet}} French couplet, {{m|fr|couple}} couple, {{m|fr|-et}} -et, {{doublet|en|cabaletta}} Doublet of cabaletta Head templates: {{en-noun}} couplet (plural couplets)
  1. A set of two things, particularly
    (literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
    Categories (topical): Literature, Two Translations (in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words): բեյթ (beytʻ) (Armenian), երկյակ (erkyak) (Armenian), beyt (Azerbaijani), купле́т (kupljét) [masculine] (Belarusian), двуве́рш (dvuvjérš) [masculine] (Belarusian), купле́т (kuplét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), двусти́шие (dvustíšie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 對句 (Chinese Mandarin), 对句 (duìjù) (Chinese Mandarin), kuplet [masculine] (Czech), strofo (Esperanto), kupletti (Finnish), säepari (Finnish), couplet [masculine] (French), ბაითი (baiti) (Georgian), Couplet [neuter] (German), κουπλέ (kouplé) [neuter] (Greek), ƙwàr̃ [feminine] (Hausa), bait (Indonesian), kuplet (Indonesian), untai (Indonesian), 対句 (tsuiku) (alt: ついく) (Japanese), 대구 (daegu) (alt: 對句) (Korean), двостих (dvostih) [masculine] (Macedonian), купле́т (kuplét) [masculine] (Macedonian), بِیْت (beyt) (Persian), dwuwiersz [masculine] (Polish), dystych [masculine] (Polish), parelha [feminine] (Portuguese), distih [neuter] (Romanian), купле́т (kuplét) [masculine] (Russian), двусти́шие (dvustíšije) [neuter] (Russian), kuplet [masculine] (Slovak), distih [masculine] (Slovene), dulay (Tagalog), dalawahan (Tagalog), kopla (Tagalog), ద్విపద (dvipada) (Telugu), beyit (Turkish), купле́т (kuplét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), двові́рш (dvovírš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-couplet-en-noun-qdiztx7U Disambiguation of Two: 23 36 42 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words': 64 17 18
  2. A set of two things, particularly
    A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
    Categories (topical): Collectives, Prosody, Roads, Two Synonyms: one-way pair
    Sense id: en-couplet-en-noun-5vRPK4c6 Disambiguation of Collectives: 4 56 39 Disambiguation of Prosody: 10 50 41 Disambiguation of Roads: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Two: 23 36 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 56 40
  3. A set of two things, particularly
    (taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
    Categories (topical): Taxonomy, Prosody, Two
    Sense id: en-couplet-en-noun-9RFdFGEU Disambiguation of Prosody: 10 50 41 Disambiguation of Two: 23 36 42 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: duo Derived forms: heroic couplet, rhyming couplet

Inflected forms

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌplət",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌplət/2 syllables",
    "en:Collectives",
    "en:Prosody",
    "en:Roads",
    "en:Two"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "heroic couplet"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhyming couplet"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "couplet"
      },
      "expansion": "French couplet",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "couple"
      },
      "expansion": "couple",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-et"
      },
      "expansion": "-et",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cabaletta"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cabaletta",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "couplets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "couplet (plural couplets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Literature"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A set of two things, particularly",
        "A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
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          "pair"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "rhyming",
          "rhyme"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A set of two things, particularly",
        "(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A set of two things, particularly",
        "A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "one-way",
          "one-way"
        ],
        [
          "street",
          "street"
        ],
        [
          "opposing",
          "opposing"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "grid",
          "grid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "one-way pair"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Taxonomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Stephen T. Ross, The Inland Fishes of Mississippi, page 33",
          "text": "The dichotomous keys are constructed so that each couplet presents a set of alternative choices.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Shin'ichiro Ishikawa, An Exploration of a New Poetic Expression Beyond Dichotomy",
          "text": "As long as the correct statement of each couplet is chosen, and the unknown organism is included in the key, a confident identification is usually achieved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A set of two things, particularly",
        "A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "dichotomous key",
          "dichotomous key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A set of two things, particularly",
        "(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌp.lət/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌplɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌplət"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "duo"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "beytʻ",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "բեյթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkyak",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "երկյակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "beyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kupljét",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "купле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dvuvjérš",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двуве́рш"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kuplét",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "купле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvustíšie",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "двусти́шие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "對句"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duìjù",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "对句"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kuplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "strofo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "kupletti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "säepari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "baiti",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "ბაითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Couplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kouplé",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κουπλέ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ƙwàr̃"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "bait"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "kuplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "untai"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ついく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuiku",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "対句"
    },
    {
      "alt": "對句",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daegu",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "대구"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dvostih",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двостих"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kuplét",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "купле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "beyt",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "بِیْت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwuwiersz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dystych"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "distih"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kuplét",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "купле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvustíšije",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "двусти́шие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kuplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "distih"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "dulay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "dalawahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "kopla"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dvipada",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "ద్విపద"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "word": "beyit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kuplét",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "купле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvovírš",
      "sense": "in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двові́рш"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "couplet"
  ],
  "word": "couplet"
}

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