Definitions for sestinasɛˈsti nə
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ses•ti•na*sɛˈsti nə(n.)(pl.)-nas, -ne
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
Category: Prosody
Ref: Also called sextain.
* (-nā)..
Origin of sestina:
1580–90; < It sixth
Wiktionary
sestina(Noun)
a highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
Origin: From sestina.
Translations for sestina
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
sixth(noun)
one of six equal parts.
- sesdeAfrikaans
- سُدْسArabic
- една шестаBulgarian
- sextoPortuguese (BR)
- šestinaCzech
- das SechstelGerman
- sjettedelDanish
- ένα έκτοGreek
- sextoSpanish
- kuuendikEstonian
- ششمينFarsi
- kuudesosaFinnish
- sixièmeFrench
- הַחֶלֶק הַשִׁישִׁיHebrew
- छठाHindi
- šestinaCroatian
- hatodHungarian
- seperenamIndonesian
- sjöttiIcelandic
- sestoItalian
- ６分の１Japanese
- 6분의1Korean
- šeštoji (dalis)Lithuanian
- sestdaļaLatvian
- satu per enamMalay
- zesdeDutch
- sjettedel, seksdelNorwegian
- szósta (część)Polish
- ششمينPersian
- شپږمPashto
- sextoPortuguese
- şesimeRomanian
- шестая частьRussian
- šestinaSlovak
- šestinaSlovenian
- šestinaSerbian
- sjättedelSwedish
- หนึ่งในหกThai
- altıda biri; 1/6Turkish
- 六分之一Chinese (Trad.)
- шоста частинаUkrainian
- چھہ برابر حصوں میں ایکUrdu
- một phần sáuVietnamese
- 六分之一Chinese (Simp.)
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