Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distich

/ˈdɪstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tich
IPA: /ˈdɪstɪk/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

noun

adj

Example Sentences

"Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ‘bad condition’."

Etymology

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: distichon, δίστιχον

Inflected Forms

distichs (plural)

Derived Forms

chronodistich

Frequently Paired Words

monostich

Synonyms

couple pair twosome twain brace span yoke couplet duo duet dyad duad

Questions

How do you pronounce distich?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪstɪk/.
What does distich mean?: A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.
Where does distich come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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