distique

== 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 === IPA(key): /dis.tik/ === 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) === Further reading === “distique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012