envoi

== English == === Alternative forms === envoy l'envoi === Etymology === Borrowed from French envoi. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɒ̃.vwɑː/ === Noun === envoi (plural envois) (poetry) A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem. === Anagrams === ovine == French == === Etymology === From earlier envei, envoy; from the verb envoyer (“to send”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.vwa/ === Noun === envoi m (plural envois) dispatch, sending (act of sending); shipping (military) dispatch package (something that is sent or dispatches) (poetry) envoi ==== Related terms ==== coup d'envoi envoi recommandé envoyer renvoi ==== Descendants ==== → English: envoi, envoy ==== Further reading ==== “envoi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === ovine