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French
Etymology
From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).
Pronunciation
Adjective
distique (plural distiques)
- (botany) distichous (arranged in two rows on each side of an axis)
- (mineralogy) having two rows of facets around each base
Noun
distique m (plural distiques)
- distich, couplet (verse of two lines, especially one that makes sense on its own)
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