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Couple
01
couple
two people who are married or having a romantic relationship
Example
A couple was looking at the menu outside the restaurant.
Un couple regardait le menu à l'extérieur du restaurant.
She 's going to a wedding; her friends are the couple getting married.
Elle va à un mariage ; ses amis sont le couple qui se marie.
02
paire, couple
two items of the same kind
03
deux, couple
a pair of things or people
Example
She invited a couple of friends over for dinner.
The store offers a discount if you buy a couple of items together.
Example
There are a couple of mistakes in your essay you should fix.
The teacher gave a couple examples to clarify the lesson.
05
couple, moment de force
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
to couple
01
associer, jumeler
to bring two things or people together
Transitive: to couple two elements
Ditransitive: to couple an element with another
Example
The event planner wanted to couple entertainment and education to engage the audience effectively.
The engineer needed to couple the gears to ensure the smooth operation of the machinery.
02
s'accoupler, coupler
to engage in sexual reproduction or mating
Intransitive
Example
During mating season, birds couple and build nests together to raise their offspring.
Pendant la saison des amours, les oiseaux s'accouplent et construisent des nids ensemble pour élever leur progéniture.
In the wild, wolves couple for life, forming strong bonds with their mates.
Dans la nature, les loups s'accouplent pour la vie, formant des liens forts avec leurs partenaires.
03
accoupler, coupler
to join or connect together to form a pair
Intransitive
Example
The gears in the transmission couple smoothly, allowing for seamless shifting between speeds.
Les engrenages dans la transmission s'accouplent en douceur, permettant un passage fluide entre les vitesses.
In chemistry, molecules couple to form new compounds through chemical reactions.
En chimie, les molécules s'accouplent pour former de nouveaux composés à travers des réactions chimiques.
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