Couple

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Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Adjective
1.2 Translations

2 French

2.1 Noun
2.2 Related terms

English

Adjective

couple

Usually referring to one and not two.
Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.
A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.
See Couple-close.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

Translations

Chinese: 一对, 一双
Hebrew: זוג (zug)
Italian: coppia
Japanese: 対, 夫婦
Russian: пара (para)

French

Noun

couple m

Couple

Related terms

couplage
coupler

WordNet Definitions

five

1. couple -- (a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days").
2. couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago").
3. couple, twosome, duo, duet -- (a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome").
4. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad -- (two items of the same kind).
5. couple -- (something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines).

four

1. match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project").
2. couple, couple on, couple up -- (link together; "can we couple these proposals?").
3. pair, pair off, partner off, couple -- (form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off").
4. copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (make love; "Birds mate in the Spring").

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