distique
French, noun/dis.tik/
distique is spelled D-I-S-T-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distique is a French masculine noun meaning “distich, couplet (verse of two lines, especially one that makes sense on its own)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe de deux vers de nature différente qui renferment un sens complet”.
What does distique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distichous (arranged in two rows on each side of an axis)
- 2
having two rows of facets around each base
noun
- 1
masculinedistich, couplet (verse of two lines, especially one that makes sense on its own)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les parties qui, sur un même plan, sont rangées en deux séries opposées. 2. Qui a deux rangées de facettes autour de chaque base.
noun: 1. Groupe de deux vers de nature différente qui renferment un sens complet. 2. Succession régulière d’un hexamètre et d’un pentamètre, dans la versification grecque et latine.
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 distique
- distiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distique?
- /dis.tik/
- \dis.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distique in French?
distique appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).