doublet

English

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Alternative forms

• doubtlet (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌblət/

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Etymology 1

Examples
aim, esteem, estimate ambi-, amphi- dais, desk, discus, dish, disc cadence, cadenza, chance camera, chamber compute, count fragile, frail guest, host hyper-, super- name, nomen, noun regal, rial, royal soprano, sovereign tradition, treason tulip, turban

From Middle English doublet, a borrowing from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et.

Noun

doublet (plural doublets)

1. A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
3. (linguistics) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
4. (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
5. (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
6. (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
7. (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
8. (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
9. (botany) A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
10. A word ladder puzzle.
11. An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
    • 1855, Hermann Schacht, Frederick Currey, The Microscope:

      The doublet generally used is that invented by Dr. Wollaston, and consists of two plano-convex lenses placed with their convex sides towards the eye […]

12. Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.

    to throw doublets

13. (uncountable, obsolete) A game somewhat like backgammon.
14. (radio) Dipole antenna.
15. (historical) A man’s waistcoat.
    • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], lines 726-27:

      I must comfort the weaker vessel, as
      doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat […]

    • 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, lines 316-19, 327-30:

      Expression is the dress of thought, and still
      Appears more decent, as more suitable;
      A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,
      Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd:
      […]
      These sparks with awkward vanity display
      What the fine gentleman wore yesterday;
      And but so mimic ancient wits at best,
      As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest.

Synonyms

• (pair of two similar things): duet, dyad; see also Thesaurus:duo

Derived terms

• bidoublet
• doubletness
• interdoublet
• isodoublet
• legal doublet
• microdoublet
• Montrose doublet
• Wollaston doublet
• Wollaston's doublet

Translations

pair of two similar or equal things — see also pair,‎ couple

Bulgarian: чифт (bg) m (čift) Danish: dublet (da) c Finnish: pari (fi), kaksikko (fi) French: doublon (fr) m Hungarian: pár (hu) Italian: doppione (it) m Polish: para (pl) f Portuguese: par (pt) m, dupla (pt) f Russian: дубле́т (ru) m (dublét), пара (ru) f (para) Spanish: pareja (es) f, doblete (es) m Swedish: dubblett (sv) c

pair of cognates in a language

Armenian: կրկնակ (hy) (krknak) Bulgarian: дублет m (dublet) Catalan: doblet (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 雙式詞 / 双式词 (zh) (shuāngshìcí), 同源異形詞 / 同源异形词 Dutch: doublet (nl) n, tweelingwoord (nl) n French: doublet (fr) m German: Dublette (de) f, Scheideform f Hungarian: azonos tőből származó/eredő szópár, azonos/közös eredetű/etimológiájú szópár, dublett (hu), (the process that creates them, which is more commonly used) szóhasadás (hu), párhuzamos alak- és jelentésmegoszlás, (with currently related meanings) jelentésmegoszlás, (with currently unrelated meanings) jelentéselkülönülés Italian: allotropo (it) m, doppietto (it) m, doppione (it) m Japanese: 二重語 (nijūgo) Polish: dublet (pl) m Portuguese: dobrete m Russian: дубле́т (ru) m (dublét) Spanish: doblete (es) m Turkish: eşil (tr) Welsh: dybled m

literature: in textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event

Hungarian: szövegismétlődés, szövegpár

lapidary: an imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them

Hungarian: dublé (hu), drágakőutánzat (hu)

a word ladder puzzle — see word ladder

an arrangement of two lenses for a microscope

Hungarian: kettős lupe, kapcsolt lencse

either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost

Hungarian: azonos számértékű kocka

dipole antenna — see dipole antenna

(historical in English) a man’s waistcoat

Hungarian: zeke (hu)

See also

• homolog
• pair
• twin
• twinling

Number	1	2	3	4	5
Modifier	single / solo	double / twofold	triple / threefold	quadruple / fourfold	quintuple / pentuple / fivefold
Whole	loner / singleton / monad	pair / couple / twosome / duo / dyad	trio / threesome / triad / troika	foursome / quartet / tetrad	fivesome / quintet / pentad
Part	only one / singlet	twin / one of two / doublet	triplet / one of three	quadruplet / one of four	quintuplet / pentuplet / one of five
Number	6	7	8	9	10
Modifier	sextuple / hextuple / sixfold	septuple / heptuple / sevenfold	octuple / eightfold	ninefold / nonuple	tenfold / decuple
Whole	sixsome / sextet / hexad	sevensome / septet / heptad	eightsome / octet / octad	ninesome / nonet / ennead	tensome / decet / decad
Part	sextuplet / hextuplet / one of six	one of seven / septuplet / heptuplet	octuplet / one of eight	one of nine / nonuplet	one of ten / decuplet
Number	11	12	13	100	many
Modifier	elevenfold / undecuple / hendecuple	twelvefold / duodecuple	thirteenfold / tredecuple	a hundredfold / centuple	multiple
Whole	elevensome	twelvesome	thirteensome	hundredsome
Part	one of eleven / undecuplet / hendecuplet	one of twelve / duodecuplet	one of thirteen / tredecuplet	one of a hundred / centuplet	one of many / multiplet

Etymology 2

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doublet (clothing)

Wikipedia

From Italian giubbetta, from giubba, from Arabic جبة (“to en-wrap”).

Noun

doublet (plural doublets)

1. A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 75:

     Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced […]

   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:

     He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them.

Derived terms

• doubleted
• doubletted

Translations

article of men's clothing

Bulgarian: жакет (bg) m (žaket) Catalan: gipó (ca) Danish: vams c Esperanto: kamizolo Finnish: dubletti French: pourpoint (fr) Galician: xibón (gl) m Italian: farsetto (it) m Portuguese: gibão (pt) Russian: дубле́т (ru) m (dublét) Spanish: jubón (es) m

Further reading

• doublet in Hensleigh Wedgwood, On False Etymologies, Transactions of the Philological Society,1855
• “doublet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “doublet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Category:English doublets

Anagrams

• bled out, boulted, outbled

French

Etymology

From double +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.blɛ/

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Noun

doublet m (plural doublets)

1. (lexicography) doublet
2. doublet (die with the same rolled value as another)

Further reading

• “doublet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et.

Noun

doublet (plural doublets)

1. doublet (A man’s waistcoat)
2. doublet (An imitation gem)

Descendants

• English: doublet

References

• “dǒublet, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.