sonnet
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sonnet (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
Translations
verse form consisting of fourteen lines
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Verb
sonnet (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 , London: Matthew Simmons, , →OCLC:
- strains that come almost to sonneting
- (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.
References
- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Sonnet”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., page 42.
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sonnet n (plural sonnetten, diminutive sonnetje n)
- sonnet
- Synonym: klinkdicht
Derived terms
References
- “sonnet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French sonnet, borrowed from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ.nɛ/
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Noun
sonnet m (plural sonnets)
Further reading
- “sonnet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
sonnet