двусти́шие — meaning in English

English meaning

• couplet noun A set of two things, particularly.
• distich noun A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

Senses

двусти́шие is used for these senses in English:

• couplet (literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
• distich (prosody) A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

couplet — full definition

1. noun A set of two things, particularly.
2. noun A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
3. noun Ellipsis of antithetical couplet, Chinese couplet, or duilian couplet (“duilian”).
4. noun A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.

distich — full definition

1. noun A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
2. noun Any couplet.

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