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Coupling - English meaning

ˈkʌp.lɪŋ

Coupling – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A device for connecting parts of machinery.

Usage examples:

Undo the couplings so you can lift the pump out
noun

The pairing of two items.

Usage examples:

The coupling of tribunals with ministerial enquiries
noun

The action of mating or having sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

This capacity, when combined with coupling between peak sexual desire and peak fertility, ensures t…
noun

Two people in a romantic relationship; a couple.

Usage examples:

But if this coupling truly is a marriage made in heaven, the real honeymoon period has been the pas…
verb

Link or combine (something) with something else.

Usage examples:

A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

Synonims:

CombineIntegrateMixIncorporateAccompanyLinkTeamAssociateConnectAllyAdd toJoin toConjoin
verb

Mate or have sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

As middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often
noun

A device that joins two things together

Usage examples:

The carriage at the end of the train was left stranded when the coupling broke.

Coupling translation into English

Coupling: translate from English into Chinese

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耦合, 联结, 交尾

Coupling: translate from English into Dutch

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Koppelen, Koppeling

Coupling: translate from English into French

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Couplage, Accouplement, Attelage, Accrochage, Association

Coupling: translate from English into German

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Kupplung, Kopplung, Verbindung, Kopulation, Vereinigung

Coupling: translate from English into Hindi

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युग्मन, युग्मकरण

Coupling: translate from English into Italian

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Accoppiamento, Giunto, Manicotto, Appaiamento, Giuntura

Coupling: translate from English into Korean

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커플 링, 연결, 연결기, 장치

Coupling: translate from English into Russian

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Связь, Муфта, Соединение, Сцепление, Сцепка, Сопряжение, Спаривание, Стыковка, Стяжка, Совокупление, Случка, Коитус, Прицепка

Coupling: translate from English into Spanish

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Acoplamiento, Enganche, Unión, Unidad

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate.

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