Couplet

  • 41couplet — noun Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple Date: 1580 1. two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self contained utterance ; …

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  • 42couplet — noun In poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words …

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  • 43couplet — coup·let (kupґlət) pair (def. 2) …

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  • 44couplet — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, book, both, brace, burden, canto, chorus, couple, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, duet, duo, dyad, envoi, epode, heptastich, hexastich, line, match, mates, measure, monostich,… …

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  • 45Couplet — nm sommet d un arbre Picardie, Pays de Bray …

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  • 46couplet — cou·plet s.m.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} 1. TS metr. nella metrica francese, un tempo, coppia di versi rimati, in seguito, strofa di canzone di quattro o più versi di contenuto leggero e amoroso, legata a un valore musicale 2. TS mus. nel teatro… …

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  • 47couplet — {{hw}}{{couplet}}{{/hw}}Parte della strofa immediatamente precedente al ritornello …

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  • 48couplet — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Two items of the same kind together: brace, couple, doublet, duet, duo, match, pair, two, twosome, yoke. See GROUP, SAME …

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  • 49Couplet — Cou|plet auch: Coup|let 〈 [kuple:] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 witzig satir. od. polit. Lied mit Kehrreim, bes. im Kabarett [Etym.: frz., »Strophe, Lied«] …

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  • 50couplet — coup|let [ˈkʌplıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Old French cople; COUPLE1] two lines of poetry, one following the other, that are the same length ▪ rhyming couplets …

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