couple
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌp.əl/
The English word “couple” has 14 meanings listed here.
noun
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- A small number.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- A couple-close.
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
adjective
determiner
verb
- To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- To join in wedlock; to marry.
- To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
Etymology
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
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