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I. couple [Brit ˈkʌp(ə)l, Am ˈkəpəl] N

1. couple:

couple (gen) PHYS, SPORTS (pair): couple m

young (married) couple: jeune couple

Phrases:

a couple of (two) people, objects: deux

a couple of (a few): deux ou trois

a couple of times: deux ou trois fois

II. couple [Brit ˈkʌp(ə)l, Am ˈkəpəl] VB trans

1. couple:

couple circuits, wheels: coupler

couple RAIL coaches: atteler

2. couple (associate) fig:

couple names, ideas: associer

coupled with: s'ajoutant à

III. couple [Brit ˈkʌp(ə)l, Am ˈkəpəl] VB intr

couple person, animal:

couple: s'accoupler

happy couple N

the happy couple: les mariés mpl

honeymoon couple N

honeymoon couple: couple m en voyage de noces

married couple N

married couple: couple m

same-sex couple: couple m de même sexe

the betrothed couple: les fiancés

French

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coupler: to couple

coupler des machines: to couple machines (together)

coupler qc avec qc: to couple sth (up) with sth

un couple tendrement uni: a loving couple

pile thermoélectrique: thermoelectric couple

couple: couple

couple (de danseurs): couple, pair

couple ELEC, PHYS: couple

couple: couple

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I. couple [ˈkʌpl] N

1. couple no pl (a few):

couple: quelque

a couple of ...: quelques ...

a couple of ...: une couple de ... Quebec

another couple of ...: encore un peu de ...

every couple of days: tous les deux jours

the first couple of weeks: les deux premières semaines

over the past couple of months: dans les deux derniers mois

2. couple + sing/pl vb (two people):

couple: couple m

II. couple [ˈkʌpl] VB trans

couple: joindre

sth coupled with sth (in conjunction with): qc en supplément de qc

sth is coupled to sth (linked): qc est associé à qc

III. couple [ˈkʌpl] VB intr

couple: s'accoupler

unmarried couple: non marié(e)

married couple: marié(e)

unsuited couple: mal assorti(e)

he was struck down in a couple of hours: il est mort en quelques heures

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French

English

English

couple: couple

une couple de qc (quelques): a couple of sth

s'accoupler: to couple

accoupler TECH: to couple

PACS: formal civil contract between a non-married heterosexual or homosexual couple

les mariés: the married couple

rabibocher un couple: to get a couple back together

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I. couple [ˈkʌp·l] N

1. couple (a few):

couple: quelque

a couple (of) ...: quelques ...

a couple (of) ...: une couple de ... Quebec

another couple (of) ...: encore un peu de ...

every couple of days: tous les deux jours

the first couple of weeks: les deux premières semaines fpl

over the past couple of months: dans les deux derniers mois

2. couple + sing/pl vb (two people):

couple: couple m

II. couple [ˈkʌp·l] VB trans

couple: joindre

sth coupled with sth (in conjunction with): qc en supplément de qc

sth is coupled to sth (linked): qc est associé à qc

III. couple [ˈkʌp·l] VB intr

couple: s'accoupler

unmarried couple: non marié(e)

married couple: marié(e)

French

French

English

English

couple: couple

une couple de qc (quelques): a couple of sth

s'accoupler: to couple

accoupler TECH: to couple

les mariés: the married couple

PACS: formal civil contract between a non-married heterosexual or homosexual couple

rabibocher un couple: to get a couple back together

quelques/plusieurs dizaines de personnes: a couple/a few dozen people

ménage: married couple

Present
I	couple
you	couple
he/she/it	couples
we	couple
you	couple
they	couple

Past
I	coupled
you	coupled
he/she/it	coupled
we	coupled
you	coupled
they	coupled

Present Perfect
I	have	coupled
you	have	coupled
he/she/it	has	coupled
we	have	coupled
you	have	coupled
they	have	coupled

Past Perfect
I	had	coupled
you	had	coupled
he/she/it	had	coupled
we	had	coupled
you	had	coupled
they	had	coupled

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a couple of ...: quelques ...

a couple of ...: une couple de ... Quebec

another couple of ...: encore un peu de ...

every couple of days: tous les deux jours

the first couple of weeks: les deux premières semaines

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

It's a slump that's affected a couple of mid-price clothing stores.

The couple was accused for causing the death of a miller in 1350, but was freed by a royal pardon and allowed to continue their practice.

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The substitution would have been completed in a couple of minutes.

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Sally runs toward the house and finds the desiccated remains of an elderly couple in an upstairs room.

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I got the standard rejection for the first couple of tries, then my favorite rejection of all time.

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