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==English==
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{{slim-wikipedia|Doublet (linguistics)}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|doubtlet}} {{qualifier|archaic}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdʌblət/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doublet.wav|a=Southern England}}

===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 {{inh|en|enm|doublet}}, a borrowing from {{der|en|fro|doublet}}, from {{m|fro|double}}, {{m|fro|duble}}, {{m|fro|doble}} + {{m|fro|-et}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[pair]] of two similar or equal things; [[couple]].
# {{senseid|en|linguistics}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} One of two or more [[different]] [[word]]s in a language derived from the same [[etymological]] root but having different [[phonological]] forms (e.g., {{m|fr|toucher}} and {{m|fr|toquer}} in French or {{m|en|shade}} and {{m|en|shadow}} in English).
# {{lb|en|literature}} In textual criticism, two different [[narrative]] [[account]]s of the same actual event.
# {{lb|en|lapidary}} An [[imitation]] [[gem]] made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
# {{lb|en|printing|US}} A [[word]] or phrase set a second time by mistake.
# {{lb|en|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.
# {{lb|en|computing}} A [[word]] (or rather, a [[halfword]]) consisting of two [[byte]]s.
# {{lb|en|botany}} A very small flowering plant, ''[[:w:Dimeresia howellii|Dimeresia howellii]]''.
# A [[word ladder]] puzzle.
# An arrangement of two [[lens]]es for a [[microscope]], designed to correct [[spherical]] [[aberration]] and [[chromatic]] [[dispersion]], thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1855|author=Hermann Schacht; Frederick Currey|title=The Microscope|passage=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 {{...}}}}
# Either of two [[dice]], each of which, when thrown, has the same number of [[spot#Noun|spots]] on the face lying uppermost.
#: {{ux|en|to throw '''doublets'''}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|obsolete}} A [[game]] somewhat like [[backgammon]].
# {{lb|en|radio}} [[dipole antenna|Dipole antenna]].
# {{lb|en|historical}} A man’s [[waistcoat]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It|II|iv|lines=726-27|text=I must comfort the weaker vessel, as<br>'''doublet''' and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat {{…}}}}
#* {{RQ:Pope Essay on Criticism|lines=316-19, 327-30|text=Expression is the dress of thought, and still<br>Appears more decent, as more suitable;<br>A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,<br>Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd:<br>{{…}}<br>These sparks with awkward vanity display<br>What the fine gentleman wore yesterday;<br>And but so mimic ancient wits at best,<br>As apes our grandsires, in their '''doublets''' drest.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|pair of two similar things}} {{l|en|duet}}, {{l|en|dyad}}; see also [[Thesaurus:duo]]

=====Derived terms=====
* [[Montrose doublet]]
* [[Wollaston's doublet]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top-see|pair of two similar or equal things|pair|couple}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|чифт|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dublet|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pari}}, {{t+|fi|kaksikko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|doublon|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pár}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|doppione|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|para|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|par|m}}, {{t+|pt|dupla|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дубле́т|m}}, {{t+|ru|пара|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pareja|f}}, {{t+|es|doblete|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dubblett|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|pair of cognates in a language}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կրկնակ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|дублет|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|doblet|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|雙式詞|tr=shuāngshìcí}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|doublet|n}}, {{t|nl|tweelingwoord|n}}
* French: {{t+|fr|doublet|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Dublette|f}}, {{t|de|Scheideform|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[azonos]] [[tő|tőből]] [[származik|származó]]/[[ered|eredő]] [[szópár]]}}, {{t|hu|[[azonos]]/[[közös]] [[eredetű]]/[[etimológiájú]] [[szópár]]}}, {{t+|hu|dublett}}, {{q|the process that creates them, which is more commonly used}} {{t+|hu|szóhasadás}}, {{t|hu|párhuzamos alak- és jelentésmegoszlás}}, {{q|with currently related meanings}} {{t|hu|jelentésmegoszlás}},  {{q|with currently unrelated meanings}} {{t|hu|jelentéselkülönülés}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|allotropo|m}}, {{t+|it|doppietto|m}}, {{t+|it|doppione|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|二重語|tr=nijūgo|sc=Jpan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dublet|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|dobrete|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дубле́т|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|doblete|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|eşil}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|dybled|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|literature: in textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|szövegismétlődés}}, {{t|hu|szövegpár}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|lapidary: an imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dublé}}, {{t+|hu|drágakőutánzat}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|a word ladder puzzle|word ladder}}

{{trans-top|an arrangement of two lenses for a microscope}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[kettős]] [[lupe]]}}, {{t|hu|[[kapcsolt]] [[lencse]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[azonos]] [[számértékű]] [[kocka]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|dipole antenna}}

{{trans-top|''(historical in English)'' a man’s waistcoat}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zeke}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|homolog}}
* {{l|en|pair}}
* {{l|en|twin}}
* {{l|en|twinling}}
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===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia|Doublet_(clothing)}}
[[File:Doubletvanda.jpg|right|thumb|A '''doublet''' (jacket)]]
From {{bor|en|it|giubbetta|}}, from {{m|it|giubba|}}, from {{der|en|ar|جبة||to en-wrap}}.
{{root|en|ar|ج ب ب}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[man]]’s close-fitting [[jacket]], with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet|2|1|line=75|text=Lord Hamlet, with his '''doublet''' all unbraced {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1819|author=[[s:Author:Washington Irving|Washington Irving]]|title=[[s:The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon|The Sketch Book]]|section=[[s:The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon (1819)/Rip Van Winkle|Rip Van Winkle]]|passage=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.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|article of men's clothing}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|жакет|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|gipó}}
* Danish: {{t|da|vams|c}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|dubletti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pourpoint}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|xibón|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|farsetto|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gibão}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дубле́т|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|jubón|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Further reading===
* [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3924121;view=1up;seq=80 doublet] in Hensleigh Wedgwood, On False Etymologies, Transactions of the Philological Society,1855
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* [[:Category:English doublets]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=bdelotu|bled out|boulted|outbled}}

{{C|en|Clothing|Two}}

==French==

===Etymology===
From {{af|fr|double|-et}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-doublet.wav}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-doublet.wav|a=Canada}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{lb|fr|lexicography}} [[#Noun|doublet]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Two}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|enm|fro|doublet}}, from {{m|fro|double}}, {{m|fro|duble}}, {{m|fro|doble}} + {{m|fro|-et}}.

===Noun===
{{enm-noun}}

# {{l|en|doublet}} {{gloss|A man’s waistcoat}}
# {{l|en|doublet}} {{gloss|An imitation gem}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|doublet}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|dǒublet|n.|MED12437}}