couple
French, noun
couple is spelled C-O-U-P-L-E (6 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written French, the 1,060th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couple is a French masculine noun meaning “two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, couplé is a different word: “past participle of coupler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lien ; laisse”.
What does couple mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetwo partners in a romantic or sexual relationship
Jean et Amélie forment un joli couple.
- 2
masculinea force couple; a pure moment
- 3
masculinean ordered pair
noun
- 1
femininean accessory used to tightly attach two animals next to each other by the neck
- 2
femininea pair of something
- 3
femininea couple of something, not to be mistaken as a few
verb
- 1
past participle of coupler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lien ; laisse. 2. sauf au Paire, deux choses de même espèce mises ou considérées ensemble. 3. sauf au Petit nombre, petite quantité.
noun: 1. Deux personnes unies ensemble par amour, par mariage ou par relation sexuelle. 2. Deux personnes unies par un sentiment commun ou par un intérêt qui les porte à agir de concert. 3. Se dit lorsque chaque rameur manie un aviron de chaque main. 4. Paire, deux choses associées ou non.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of couple
- couples plural
- couplée feminine
- couplés masculine plural
- couplées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to couple
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couple in French?
couple appears 79 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).