different between couplet vs couples

English

Etymology

From French couplet. Doublet of cabaletta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?k?p.l?t/, IPA^(key): /?k?pl?t/

Noun

couplet (plural couplets)

1. (literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
2. A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.

   5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.

   Synonym: one-way pair

3. (taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.

Derived terms

• heroic couplet
• rhyming couplet

Translations

See also

• tercet
• quatrain
• cinquain
• sestet
• septet
• octave

Anagrams

• octuple

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French couplet, from Middle French couplet, from Old French couplet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?pl?t/
• Hyphenation: cou?plet
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

couplet n (plural coupletten, diminutive coupletje n)

1. verse of a song

Antonyms

• refrein

French

Etymology

couple +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.pl?/

Noun

couplet m (plural couplets)

1. (literature) couplet

Descendants

• ? Dutch: couplet
• ? English: couplet
• ? German: Couplet
• ? Spanish: cuplé
• ? Russian: ?????? (kuplet)

See also

• refrain

Further reading

• “couplet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p?lz/

Noun

couples

1. plural of couple

Verb

couples

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couple

Anagrams

• close up, close-up, closeup, culpeos, opuscle, up close, upclose

French

Noun

couples m or f

1. plural of couple

Middle English

Noun

couples

1. Alternative form of couple