Couplet Definition

kŭplĭt
couplets
noun
couplets
Two successive lines of poetry, esp. two of the same length that rhyme.
Webster's New World
A couple; pair.
Webster's New World
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.
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Other Word Forms of Couplet

Noun

Singular:
couplet
Plural:
couplets

Origin of Couplet

  • French from Old French diminutive of couple couple couple

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French couplet

    From Wiktionary

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