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It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That's the level where I want to go.
Frank Black

Meaning of "couplet" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COUPLET

From French, literally: a little pair.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COUPLET

couplet  [ˈkʌplɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUPLET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Couplet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUPLET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Couplet

A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. Couplets usually consist of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. A couplet may be formal or run-on. In a formal couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, meaning that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse. In a run-on couplet, the meaning of the first line continues into the second.

Definition of couplet in the English dictionary

The definition of couplet in the dictionary is two successive lines of verse, usually rhymed and of the same metre.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUPLET


applet
ˈæplɪt
caplet
ˈkæplɪt
chaplet
ˈtʃæplɪt
droplet
ˈdrɒplɪt
drupelet
ˈdruːplɪt
duplet
ˈdjuːplɪt
lamplit
ˈlæmplɪt
lickety-split
ˈlɪkɪtɪˈsplɪt
octuplet
ˈɒktjʊplɪt
quadruplet
ˈkwɒdrʊplɪt
quintuplet
ˈkwɪntjʊplɪt
resplit
riːˈsplɪt
ripplet
ˈrɪplɪt
septuplet
sɛpˈtjuːplɪt
sextuplet
ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt
split
splɪt
template
ˈtɛmplɪt
templet
ˈtemplɪt
triplet
ˈtrɪplɪt
unsplit
ʌnˈsplɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUPLET

coup d´oeil
coup de foudre
coup de main
coupe
coupee
couper
Couperin
Coupland
couple
coupled
coupledom
couplement
coupler
coupling
coupon
couponing
coups de foudre
coups de main
coups doeil
coupure

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUPLET

ballet
bracelet
bullet
chalet
elegiac couplet
factory outlet
gilet
grouplet
heroic couplet
let
multiplet
nonuplet
outlet
quindecaplet
rhyming couplet
scarlet
tablet
toilet
violet
wallet

Synonyms and antonyms of couplet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «couplet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUPLET

Find out the translation of couplet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of couplet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «couplet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

对联
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

copla
570 millions of speakers

English

couplet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोहा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاثنان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

куплет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dístico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

distique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Couplet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verspaar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カプレット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

couplet
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Couplet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hai câu thơ hợp lại đủ nghiả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜோடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दवच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beyit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

distico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwuwiersz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

куплет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuplet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίστιχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koeplet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kuplett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

couplet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of couplet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUPLET»

The term «couplet» is regularly used and occupies the 67.516 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUPLET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about couplet

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3 QUOTES WITH «COUPLET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word couplet.
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Frank Black
It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That's the level where I want to go.
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Rosanne Cash
But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.
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Tom Morello
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger - could be as heavy as anything that comes through a Marshall stack. The combination of three chords and the right lyrical couplet can be as heavy as anything in the Metallica catalogue.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUPLET»

Discover the use of couplet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to couplet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Couplet
The collected poems of these two writers have been compiled in one of the most unique books of poetry ever published.
James Browning Kepple, kim Goransson, 2007
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The First Book of the Iliad of Homer, Etc. [i.e. Il. VI. ...
My attempt professes to be a somewhat literal rendering of the First Book of the Iliad into the heroic couplet. It is diffidently submitted— " Arbitrio popularis auras,” or, in other words, to the canons of modern criticism. OMEGA. April 1866. BOOK I.
Homer, 1866
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Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis: ...
A pattern like that in Figure 3B is called a couplet [30] or, in this case, an exciton couplet. A CD couplet has a sign, defined as the sign of the long-wavelength branch. Thus, the couplet in Figure 3 is a positive couplet. If F and fi2 were in a ...
Vladimir N. Uversky, Evgeniĭ Anatolʹevich Permi︠a︡kov, 2007
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Beginnings of the Classical Heroic Couplet in England
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
Henry Wood, 2010
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Basic Theory in Reflection Seismology: with MATHEMATICA ...
where (6, 11, 4) are the (pure real) time-domain coefficients and the polynomial can be factored into P(z) = (2 + z)(3 + 4z) Each binomial factor can be thought of as a two-term polynomial (in this volume often referred to as a couplet). The term  ...
J.K. Costain, C. Coruh, 2004
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Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology
COUPLET, EDITOR OF CONFUCIUS SINARUM PHILOSOPHUS The key individual in the group effort of producing Confucius Sinarum philosophus was Philippe Couplet, a Fleming born in Mecheln (Malines) in 1622 or 1623". Unlike Ricci or ...
David E. Mungello, 1989
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Writing Metrical Poetry: Contemporary Lessons for Mastering ...
As mentioned above, the couplet's extreme compression and bold rhyme make it particularly appropriate for wit and satire. Sometimes poets will also use the two- part structure of the couplet for antithesis by contrasting each of the two lines, ...
William Baer, 2006
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François Couperin and 'The Perfection of Music'
4e Couplet Plein chant. 56 et dernier Couplet du Gloria Plein jeu. Et in terra pax Petitte fugue sur le Chromhorne. 2e Couplet Duo sur les Tierces. 3e Couplet Dialogue sur les Trompettes, Clairon et Tierces du Grand Clavier, et le Bourdon avec ...
Professor David Tunley, 2013
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The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei: The Rivals
The first line of the couplet also occurs elsewhere in Shen-hsiang ch'iian-pien, chiian 633, p. 8b, ll. 3 and 6-7; chiian 636, p. 26b, l. 9; and chiian 641, p. 2a, l. 6. The second line recurs in the Chin P'ing Mei tz'u-hua, vo1. 2, ch. 29, p. 8a, ll. 2-3.
‎2006
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The Making of the Sikh Rehatnamas
Not eat without bathing, meditating and making offerings, (couplet 2) 2. Go and join Sadh Sangat in the early hours of the morning (couplet 3). 3. Not be greedy and ravenous, otherwise he/she would remain in constant grief, (couplet 9). 4.
Dr. S.S. Kapoor

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUPLET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term couplet is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Twelve-Pound Look review: Shaw's beautifully economical …
... Had Left the Apple on the Bough,” and including the ear-tickling couplet “Everything was simply rippin' / 'Til the woman plucked the pippin.”. «National Post, Jul 15»
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Album Review: Spraynard – Mable
The song's final couplet makes for a neat thesis statement: “Things have changed/ It's not what I wanted.” Throughout Mable, Graham and his ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
3
My Idol, the "Worst Rapper Ever"
(Representative couplet: “Ain't nobody gonna keep it alive/but you've got that dream inside.”) It's not easy for Neyfakh to get others to ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
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A Sufi at heart
Carrying his diary all over, penning down as a couplet strikes him, in between stage shows and performances sneaking into the studio and ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
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Parody T-Shirts May Have Gotten Canadian Politicians in Legal …
“That's why it's funny.” nin1. You know what's not funny, at all? Nine Inch Nails, the nom de guerre for gloomy couplet aficionado Trent Reznor. «Mediaite, Jul 15»
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Poem of the week: The Silver Swan by Anon
The dominant sound in the second couplet is still a sibilant one, culminating in the sturdily anaphoric: “Thus sang her first and last, and sang no ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Y'all: It's Older Than We Knew
The following delightful couplet contains an example of y'all from a century and a half before the OED's current earliest citation: To Write well's ... «TIME, Jul 15»
8
The Story Behind True D's Cover of 'The Rose'
On her website, McBroom recalls hearing Leo Sayer's version of Danny O'Keefe's “Magdalena” come on the radio. One couplet stuck her like a ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
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School Adoption Model
J&K Education Minister thus builds his argument by quoting a Persian couplet, the rendering reads: The first stone if wrongly placed would ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
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CM takes strong notice of water scarcity in Kishtwar
He quoted famous Urdu couplet "Sumandar Say Milay Piyasay Ko Shabnum.....Bakhili Hai Ya Razaki Nahin", to explain the situation himself. «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»

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