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Doublet

/ˈdʌblət/

A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.

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noun
  1. 1

    A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.

  2. 2

    One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English).

  3. 3

    In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.

  4. 4

    (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.

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pairnounTwo similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
couplenounTwo partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
duetnoun(music) A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
dupletnounA group of two things.
dyadnounA set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
coupletnoun(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
pairenounObsolete form of pair. [Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.]
dualCharacterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
twinnounEither of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
two of a kindnoun(card games) A combination of two cards of the same rank.
pairingnounThe combination or union of two things.
pairablenoun(usually in the plural) Either of a pair of matching items, such as clothing.
two-of-a-kindnounAlternative form of two of a kind. [(literally) Two who are very similar.]
counterpartnounEither of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
contrapairnounA pair of objects, one of which is the opposite or mirror-image of the other
doubletnessnoun(linguistics, rare) The nature of doublets: the phenomenon that they instantiate.
twonessnounThe state or condition of being two; duality; doubleness.
cotwinnounA twin's twin.
twosomenessnounThe property of being a group of two.
twinsiesnoun(childish, informal) Twins, or two people or things that are more or less identical.

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