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coupler

/ˈkʌp(ə)lə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
cou-pler
IPA
/ˈkʌp(ə)lə/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.

Archaic

noun

Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.

noun

A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.

noun

A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.

noun

An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English couple Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coupler From couple + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈkʌp(ə)lə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

couplers (plural)

Derived Forms

coupleress optocoupler photocoupler

Phrases

acoustic coupler Janney coupler

Synonyms

coupling

Questions

How do you pronounce coupler?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌp(ə)lə/.
What does coupler mean?
Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
Where does coupler come from?
Etymology tree English couple Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coupler From couple + -er.

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