couple A2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈkʌp.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #492 Meanings 1 noun A small number; two or a few. I'll be back in a couple of days. 2 noun Two people in a romantic relationship or who live together. A young married couple from Chicago moved in next door. 3 verb To join or link two things together. The report couples low pay with poor working conditions. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small number; two or a few. fewhandful 2 noun · two people in a romantic... twosome 3 verb · to join or link two things... couple up More attachcopulateduoespousejoinmarrypair Word family Forms couplescoupling Derived forms accouplecouplacouplablecouple-beggarcouple-closecouple-ishcouple-threecoupledomcouplehoodcoupleycouplezillacoupling Common collocations a happy couple Adjective + noun a married couple Adjective + noun a young couple Adjective + noun make a couple Verb + noun an elderly couple Adjective + noun engaged couple Adjective + noun infertile couple Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula. couple Middle English cōpula Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # couple **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈkʌp.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 492 ## Meanings 1. A small number; two or a few. 2. Two people in a romantic relationship or who live together. 3. To join or link two things together. ## Examples - I'll be back in a couple of days. - A young married couple from Chicago moved in next door. - The report couples low pay with poor working conditions. ## Synonyms - attach - copulate - duo - espouse - join - marry - pair ## Derived Forms - accouple - coupla - couplable - couple-beggar - couple-close - couple-ish - couple-three - coupledom - couplehood - coupley - couplezilla - coupling ## Roots and Affixes - Root: couple - Root: cōpula ## Etymology From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula. ## AI Etymology couple comes from Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula. The historical chain includes Middle English couple, Old French couple, Latin cōpula. Current senses include A small number; two or a few and Two people in a romantic relationship or who live together. English relatives and later formations include accouple, coupla, couplable. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown