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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024son•net /ˈsɑnɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Poetrya poem written in 14 lines, with rhymes arranged in a fixed scheme:Italian sonnets have a major group of eight lines followed by a minor group of six lines.
See -son-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024son•net (son′it),USA pronunciation n. - Poetry[Pros.]a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
v.i. - Poetry[Archaic.]to compose sonnets.
v.t. - Poetry[Older Use.]to celebrate in a sonnet or sonnets.
- Latin sonus sound1) + -et -et
- Old Provencal sonet, equivalent. to son poem (
- Italian sonnetto
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sonnet /ˈsɒnɪt/ n - a verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines in iambic pentameter with rhymes arranged according to a fixed scheme, usually divided either into octave and sestet or, in the English form, into three quatrains and a couplet
vb - (intransitive) to compose sonnets
- (transitive) to celebrate in a sonnet
Etymology: 16th Century: via Italian from Old Provençal sonet a little poem, from son song, from Latin sonus a sound |