ELEGIAC COUPLET

Meaning of ELEGIAC COUPLET in English

noun

( technical ) a pair of lines, one with six strong or long syllables and one with five, found especially in Latin and Greek poetry

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ELEGIAC COUPLET — ■ noun a pair of lines consisting of a dactylic hexameter and a pentameter, used especially in Greek and Latin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELEGIAC COUPLET — Дистих
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ELEGIAC — (-íac) adj elegiac (l. [Pros.]; 2. mournful, melancholy)
Interlingua English vocab
ELEGIAC — also ~al adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion Date: 1542 1. of, relating to, or consisting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COUPLET — noun Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple Date: 1580 two successive lines of verse forming a unit …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COUPLET — Two successive lines of verse. A couplet is marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained …
Английский словарь Британика
ELEGIAC — I. |elə̇|jīək, -lē|- also -īˌak; also ə̇ˈlējēˌak or ēˈlē- adjective also el·e·gi·a·cal |elə̇|jīəkəl, -lē|- Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COUPLET — ˈkəplə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of couple pair — more at couple 1. : two successive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — (n.) Elegiac verse.
Английский словарь Webster
ELEGIAC — (a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
Английский словарь Webster
ELEGIAC — (a.) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.
Английский словарь Webster
COUPLET — (n.) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Английский словарь Webster
ELEGIAC — ( n. ) Elegiac verse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — ( a. ) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — ( a. ) Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUPLET — ( n. ) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — /el'i juy"euhk, -ak, i lee"jee ak'/ , adj. Also, elegiacal . 1. used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUPLET — /kup"lit/ , n. 1. a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — adj. sad, mournful (also elegiacal)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELEGIAC — n. elegy, lament, dirge, mournful poem
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COUPLET — n. two rhyming lines of verse (Poetry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELEGIAC — i-ˈlē-jē-ˌak adjective also el·e·gi·a·cal ˌe-lə-ˈjī-ə-kəl Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion Date: 1542 1. a. : of, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COUPLET — noun Etymology: Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple Date: 1580 1. : two successive lines of verse forming …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELEGIAC — noun elegiac verse. 2. elegiac ·adj used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a …
Webster English vocab
COUPLET — noun two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Webster English vocab
ELEGIAC — [ ˌɛlɪ'dʒʌɪək ] ■ adjective relating to or characteristic of an elegy. ↘wistfully mournful. ■ noun ( ~s ) verses …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COUPLET — ■ noun a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length. Origin C16: from Fr., …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELEGIAC — [ele.gi.ac] also el.e.gi.a.cal adj [LL elegiacus, fr. Gk elegeiakos, fr. elegeion] (1542) 1 a: of, relating to, or consisting of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUPLET — [cou.plet] n [MF, dim. of cople] (1580) 1: two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usu. by rhythmic …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUPLET — a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning. A couplet may be formal …
Britannica English vocabulary
ELEGIAC — elegiac BrE AmE ˌel ɪ ˈdʒaɪ‿ək ◂ -ə-, -æk ▷ elegiac|s s ▶ ˌ ele ˌ giac ˈ couplet BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COUPLET — couplet BrE AmE ˈkʌp lət -lɪt ▷ couplet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — / ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək; NAmE / adjective ( formal or literary ) expressing sadness, especially about the past or people who have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUPLET — / ˈkʌplət; NAmE / noun two lines of poetry of equal length one after the other : a poem written …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — el ‧ e ‧ gi ‧ ac /ˌeləˈdʒaɪək◂, ˌelɪˈdʒaɪək◂/ BrE AmE adjective literary showing that you feel sad about someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COUPLET — coup ‧ let /ˈkʌplət, ˈkʌplɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: Old French cople …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ELEGIAC — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. --n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COUPLET — n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. [F dimin. of couple, formed as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ELEGIAC — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COUPLET — n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. [ F dimin. of couple, formed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — adj. & n. --adj. 1. (of a metre) used for elegies. 2 mournful. --n. (in pl.) verses in an elegiac …
Oxford English vocab
COUPLET — n. Prosody two successive lines of verse, usu. rhyming and of the same length. Etymology: F dimin. of couple, formed …
Oxford English vocab
ELEGIAC — Something that is elegiac expresses or shows sadness. ( LITERARY ) The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUPLET — ( couplets) A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELEGIAC — Something that is ~ expresses or shows sadness. (LITERARY) The music has a dreamy, ~ quality. ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COUPLET — (~s) A ~ is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ELEGIAC — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ elegiac verse EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Both catch the film's elegiac mood, bathed in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COUPLET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heroic couplet rhyming couplets (= pairs of lines that end in words that rhyme ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ELEGIAC — [adjective]
Cambridge English vocab
COUPLET — [noun] [C] - two lines of poetry next to each other, esp. ones which rhyme and have the same length …
Cambridge English vocab
COUPLET — n. Two successive lines of verse. A couplet is marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ELEGIAC — Synonyms and related words : Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dirgelike, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COUPLET — Synonyms and related words : Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, book, both, brace, burden, canto, chorus, couple, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COUPLET — n. Two verses ( especially that rhyme ), pair of rhymes, distich.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
COUPLET — n. a rhyming ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
ELEGIAC — a элегический, грустный elegiac pl элегические стихи ~ элегический; грустный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUPLET — сущ. рифмованное двустишие рифмованное двустишие (архитектура) двухсветное окно (музыкальное) дубль couplet рифмованное двустишие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELEGIAC — elegiac.ogg ͵eıʹdʒaıək,(ə)l a 1. элегический elegiac(al) distich - элегический дистих elegiac(al) stanza - строфа из четырёх строк, написанная пятистопным ямбом; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COUPLET — couplet.ogg ʹkʌplıt n 1. рифмованное двустишие 2. архит. двухсветное окно 3. муз. дубль
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELEGIAC — a 1. элегический elegiac(al) distich - элегический дистих elegiac(al) stanza - строфа из четырёх строк, написанная пятистопным ямбом; схема рифм …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COUPLET — - key couplet
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COUPLET — - key couplet
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ELEGIAC — a элегический, грустный elegiac pl элегические стихи ~ элегический; грустный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUPLET — сущ. рифмованное двустишие рифмованное двустишие (архитектура) двухсветное окно (музыкальное) дубль couplet рифмованное двустишие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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