† sonnetten.

Forms: Middle English sonete, Middle English 1600s 1800s sonnette, Middle English sownette, 1500s sonette.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French sonnette.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sonet, sonette, Middle French sonete, sonnete, Middle French, French sonnette bell, (especially) small bell (late 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman, first half of the 13th cent. (as sonneste , sonnete ) in continental French) < sonner to sound (see sound v.¹) + -ette -ette suffix.

Obsolete (rare in later use).

A bell, esp. a small one.

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c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1415 Notes of pipes, Tymbres and tabornes,..Symbales and sonetez.

1494 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 394 Their hors richely trapped.., enramplised with sonnettes of silver.

1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 388 The priest..hath his armes and feete garnyshed with siluer plates and pendantes, in such sorte, that whyle hee moueth, they make a certayne noyse, much lyke vnto sonettes or Haukes belles.

1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd 38 I have seen Sonnettes [Fr. sonnettes] or little Bells at the Knees of Morrice-dancers, and at the Collars of little Dogs.

1873 L. Mercier & E. C. King tr. J. Verne From Earth to Moon ii. 9 A sonnette [Fr. sonnette], which, when required, could give forth a report equal to that of a revolver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sonnette
释义	† sonnetten. Forms: Middle English sonete, Middle English 1600s 1800s sonnette, Middle English sownette, 1500s sonette. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French sonnette. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sonet, sonette, Middle French sonete, sonnete, Middle French, French sonnette bell, (especially) small bell (late 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman, first half of the 13th cent. (as sonneste , sonnete ) in continental French) < sonner to sound (see sound v.¹) + -ette -ette suffix. Obsolete (rare in later use). A bell, esp. a small one. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] bella1000 sonnettec1400 clock1483 tan-tan1653 tintinnabule1834 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1415 Notes of pipes, Tymbres and tabornes,..Symbales and sonetez. 1494 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 394 Their hors richely trapped.., enramplised with sonnettes of silver. 1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 388 The priest..hath his armes and feete garnyshed with siluer plates and pendantes, in such sorte, that whyle hee moueth, they make a certayne noyse, much lyke vnto sonettes or Haukes belles. 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd 38 I have seen Sonnettes [Fr. sonnettes] or little Bells at the Knees of Morrice-dancers, and at the Collars of little Dogs. 1873 L. Mercier & E. C. King tr. J. Verne From Earth to Moon ii. 9 A sonnette [Fr. sonnette], which, when required, could give forth a report equal to that of a revolver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400
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