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couplet
English
Etymology
From French couplet. Doublet of cabaletta.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /?k?p.l?t/, IPA(key): /?k?pl?t/
Noun
couplet (plural couplets)
- (literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
- 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
- (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)
- verse of a song
Antonyms
- refrein
French
Etymology
couple +? -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.pl?/
Noun
couplet m (plural couplets)
- (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).
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sestet
English
Etymology
Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
sestet (plural sestets)
- (music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
- (poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
See also
- couplet
- tercet
- quatrain
- cinquain
- septet
- octave
Anagrams
- teests, testes, tsetse
Manx
Etymology
Borrowed from English sextet.
Noun
sestet m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- sextet
Synonyms
- shey
Mutation
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