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English-Thai Dictionary

couplet

N คู่ เหมือน  สิ่ง สอง สิ่ง ที่ เหมือนกัน  couple pair twosome ku-muean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUPLET

n. 1. Two verses; a pair of rhymes.
2. A division of a hymn or ode in which an equal number or equal measure of verse is found in each part, called a strophe.
3. A pair; as a couplet of doves. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUPLET

Coup "let (-lt ), n. Etym: [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See Couple, n.]

 

Defn: Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

couplet

cou plet |ˈkəplət ˈkəplət | noun two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, diminutive of couple, from Old French cople (see couple ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

couplet

coup |let |ˈkʌplɪt | noun a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, diminutive of couple, from Old French cople (see couple ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Couplet

Cou p let , Cou plet Substantiv, Neutrum , das |kuˈpleː |das Couplet; Genitiv: des Couplets, Plural: die Couplets französisch couplet, Verkleinerungsform von: couple = Paar < lateinisch copula, Kopula scherzhaft-satirisches Strophengedicht mit Kehrreim und meist aktuellem [politischem ] oder pikantem Inhalt

 

French Dictionary

couplet

couplet n. m. nom masculin Strophe d ’une chanson, suivie généralement d ’un refrain. Note Orthographique couple t.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

couplet

cou plet /kʌ́plət /名詞 C 2行連句, 対句 〘同数の詩脚 [音節 ]から成り押韻する2行 〙.