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Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: duì jù
"这首诗以一个精妙的对句结尾。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
"Shakespearean sonnets typically conclude with a dramatic rhyming couplet." - 2
A pair of similar things or a couple.
"The scientist observed a tight couplet of stars in the distant galaxy."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French diminutive of 'couple', based on the Latin 'copula' meaning a link, tie, or joining together. Entering English in the late 16th century, it originally referred to any two items forming a pair before evolving specifically to describe two successive lines of verse that typically rhyme and have the same meter.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Couplet" is said worldwide
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couplet
Transliteration: /ku.plɛ/
"Le poème se termine par un beau couplet."
Distichon
Transliteration: /ˈdɪstɪçɔn/
"Das Gedicht schließt mit einem Reimpaar ab."
distico
Transliteration: /ˈdi.sti.ko/
"Il sonetto si chiude con un distico rimato."
pareja
Transliteration: /paˈɾe.xa/
"El poema termina con un pareado ingenioso."
dístico
Transliteration: /ˈdʒiʃ.ti.ku/
"O soneto termina com um dístico rimado."
शेर
Transliteration: sher
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"इस कविता का अंतिम शेर बहुत सुंदर है।"
对句
Transliteration: duì jù
Script: 中文汉字
"这首诗以一个精妙的对句结尾。"
대구
Transliteration: daegu
Script: 한국어 한글
"시의 마지막 행은 운이 맞는 대구로 이루어져 있다."
連句
Transliteration: rengu
Script: 日本語
"詩の結びは美しい連句で終わっている。"
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