Definitions for couplets

couplets cou·plet

Spelling: [kuhp-lit]
IPA: /ˈkʌp lɪt/

Couplets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 407 anagrams from letters in couplets (celopstu).

Definitions for couplets

noun

  1. a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
  2. a pair; couple.
  3. Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurring between statements of the refrain.
  4. a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
  5. a pair; couple.
  6. Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurring between statements of the refrain.

Origin of couplets

From Middle French, dating back to 1570-80; See origin at couple, -et

Examples for couplets

In Marlowe's copy the couplet must have been very different.

When he took Ismail in 1790 he sent this couplet to Empress Catherine.

When he came to the couplet I have given you, what do you think he sang?

Did they ever consider selecting the first line of this couplet for the title of their edition?

China's use of these beasts always reminds me of a couplet I read years ago in a newspaper column.

Stay, stay, I have just recollected the beginning of the second couplet.

It was, however, to the regularity of Pope's couplet that most translators aspired.

The couplet he immediately repudiates as an enemy to fidelity.

The antics Palmer cut while delivering this couplet were truly amusing.

Revolts against the couplet, then, were few and generally unsuccessful.

Revolts against the couplet, then, were few and generally unsuccessful.

The couplet he immediately repudiates as an enemy to fidelity.

When he took Ismail in 1790 he sent this couplet to Empress Catherine.

In Marlowe's copy the couplet must have been very different.

When he came to the couplet I have given you, what do you think he sang?

The antics Palmer cut while delivering this couplet were truly amusing.

Did they ever consider selecting the first line of this couplet for the title of their edition?

Stay, stay, I have just recollected the beginning of the second couplet.

It was, however, to the regularity of Pope's couplet that most translators aspired.

China's use of these beasts always reminds me of a couplet I read years ago in a newspaper column.

Word Value for couplets
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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