sonnet
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsonnet (plural sonnets)
- A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editverse form consisting of fourteen lines
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editVerb
editsonnet (third-person singular simple present sonnets, present participle sonneting or sonnetting, simple past and past participle sonneted or sonnetted)
- (intransitive) To compose sonnets.
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
- strains that come almost to sonneting
- (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.
References
edit- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Sonnet”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 42.
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editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsonnet n (plural sonnetten, diminutive sonnetje n)
- sonnet
- Synonym: klinkdicht
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “sonnet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French sonnet, borrowed from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sɔ.nɛ/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
editsonnet m (plural sonnets)
Further reading
edit- “sonnet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editGerman
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editsonnet
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