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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
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