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Webster 1913 Edition
Coupler
Coup′ler
(k?p′l?r)
, Noun.
One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.
Coupler of an organ
, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.
Definition 2024
coupler
coupler
English
Noun
coupler (plural couplers)
- (now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Translations
anything that couples things together
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French
Etymology
From Latin cōpulāre, present active infinitive of cōpulō. Doublet of the borrowed copuler.
Pronunciation
Verb
coupler
- to couple
Conjugation
Conjugation of coupler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | coupler | avoir couplé | |||||
| gerund | en couplant | en ayant couplé | |||||
| present participle | couplant /ku.plɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | couplé /ku.ple/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | couple /kupl/ |
couples /kupl/ |
couple /kupl/ |
couplons /ku.plɔ̃/ |
couplez /ku.ple/ |
couplent /kupl/ |
| imperfect | couplais /ku.plɛ/ |
couplais /ku.plɛ/ |
couplait /ku.plɛ/ |
couplions /ku.pli.jɔ̃/ |
coupliez /ku.pli.je/ |
couplaient /ku.plɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | couplai /ku.ple/ |
couplas /ku.pla/ |
coupla /ku.pla/ |
couplâmes /ku.plam/ |
couplâtes /ku.plat/ |
couplèrent /ku.plɛʁ/ |
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| future | couplerai /ku.plə.ʁe/ |
coupleras /ku.plə.ʁa/ |
couplera /ku.plə.ʁa/ |
couplerons /ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/ |
couplerez /ku.plə.ʁe/ |
coupleront /ku.plə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | couplerais /ku.plə.ʁɛ/ |
couplerais /ku.plə.ʁɛ/ |
couplerait /ku.plə.ʁɛ/ |
couplerions /ku.plə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coupleriez /ku.plə.ʁje/ |
coupleraient /ku.plə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | couple /kupl/ |
couples /kupl/ |
couple /kupl/ |
couplions /ku.pli.jɔ̃/ |
coupliez /ku.pli.je/ |
couplent /kupl/ |
| imperfect1 |
couplasse /ku.plas/ |
couplasses /ku.plas/ |
couplât /ku.pla/ |
couplassions /ku.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
couplassiez /ku.pla.sje/ |
couplassent /ku.plas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | couple /kupl/ |
— | couplons /ku.plɔ̃/ |
couplez /ku.ple/ |
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