couplet.
A set of two things, particularly.
Meaning & usage
A set of two things, particularly. A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
A set of two things, particularly. A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words. Ellipsis of antithetical couplet, Chinese couplet, or duilian couplet (“duilian”).
A set of two things, particularly. 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.
A set of two things, particularly. A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
Where this word comes from
From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.