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 Definitions of sonnet  [ˈsɒn ɪt]  

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Definition of 'sonnet' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sonnet
a poem, properly expressive of a single idea or sentiment, of 14 lines, usu. in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged in a fixed scheme, being in the Italian form divided into a major group of eight lines followed by a minor group of six lines and in a common English form into three quatrains followed by a couplet.

Etymology:  (1550–60; < It sonnetto < OPr sonet=son poem (< L sonussound1) +-et -et)

Definition of 'sonnet' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) sonnet
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

2. (verb) sonnet
praise in a sonnet

3. (verb) sonnet
compose a sonnet


Definition of 'sonnet' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) sonnet
a short poem, -- usually amatory

2. (noun) sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule

3. (verb) sonnet
to compose sonnets


Definitions of 'sonnet' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  sonnet
a form of poetical composition invented in the 13th century, consisting of 14 decasyllabic or hendecasyllabic iambic lines, rhymed according to two well-established schemes which bear the names of their two most famous exponents, Shakespeare and Petrarch. The Shakespearian sonnet consists of three four-lined stanzas of alternate rhymes clinched by a concluding couplet; the Petrarchan of two parts, an octave, the first eight lines rhymed abbaabba, and a sestet, the concluding six lines arranged variously on a three-rhyme scheme.


Translation of 'sonnet' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of poem with fourteen lines
Milton's/Shakespeare's sonnets.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sonnet Arabic flag Arabic: سونيت: قَصيدة من 14 بيتا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: сонет
Brazilian flag Brazilian: soneto Czech flag Czech: sonet German flag German: das Sonnet
Danish flag Danish: sonet Greek flag Greek: σονέτο Spanish flag Spanish: soneto
Estonian flag Estonian: sonett Farsi flag Farsi: غزل Finnish flag Finnish: sonetti
French flag French: sonnet Hebrew flag Hebrew: סוֹנָטָה Hindi flag Hindi: चतुर्दश पदी कविता
Croatian flag Croatian: sonet Hungarian flag Hungarian: szonett Indonesian flag Indonesian: soneta
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sonnetta Italian flag Italian: sonetto Japanese flag Japanese: ソネット
Korean flag Korean: 소네트, 14행시 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sonetas Latvian flag Latvian: sonets
Malay flag Malay: soneta Dutch flag Dutch: sonnet Norwegian flag Norwegian: sonett
Polish flag Polish: sonet Persian flag Persian: غزل Pashto flag Pashto: غزل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: soneto Romanian flag Romanian: so­net Russian flag Russian: сонет
Slovak flag Slovak: sonet Slovenian flag Slovenian: sonet Serbian flag Serbian: sonet
Swedish flag Swedish: sonett Thai flag Thai: โคลง 14 บรรทัดซึ่งมีรูปแบ Turkish flag Turkish: sone
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 十四行詩 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сонет Urdu flag Urdu: چودہ مصرغوں کی نظم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bài thơ xonê, thơ 14 câu Chinese flag Chinese: 十四行诗

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