envoi

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French envoi.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɒ̃.vwɑː/

Noun

envoi (plural envois)

  1. (poetry) A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
    • 2009 January 28, Erica Jeal, “LSO/Segerstam”, in The Guardian‎:
      From the pulsing throb of the very opening, this was a detailed, incisive playing, culminating in an envoi glowing enough to provide the catharsis this programme so uncompromisingly demanded.

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French

Etymology

From earlier envei, envoy; from the verb envoyer (“to send”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.vwa/
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Noun

envoi m (plural envois)

  1. dispatch, sending (act of sending); shipping
  2. (military) dispatch
  3. package (something that is sent or dispatches)
  4. (poetry) envoi

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Descendants

  • → English: envoi, envoy

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