couple

A parrot couple.

Meanings

Noun

  • Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
  • Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
  • A small number.
  • One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
  • Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.
  • A couple-close.
  • That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

Adjective

  • Two or (a) small number of.

Verb

  • To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
  • To join in wedlock; to marry.
  • To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

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Origin

  • From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. copula.

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