sonnet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɒnɪt/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /ˈsʌnɪt/ Rhymes: -ɒnɪt === Noun === sonnet (plural sonnets) A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== poem caudate sonnet curtal sonnet English sonnet Italian sonnet Scottish sonnet quatorzain === Verb === sonnet (third-person singular simple present sonnets, present participle sonneting or sonnetting, simple past and past participle sonneted or sonnetted) (intransitive) To compose sonnets. (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about. === References === === Anagrams === tennos, Neston, tonnes, non est, tenson, stonen, nonets, tenons, Tonnes, senton == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɔˈnɛt/ Hyphenation: son‧net Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === sonnet n (plural sonnetten, diminutive sonnetje n) sonnet Synonym: klinkdicht ==== Derived terms ==== meestersonnet Shakespearesonnet sonnettenbakker sonnettencyclus sonnettenkrans === References === “sonnet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] === Anagrams === snoten == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French sonnet, borrowed from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɔ.nɛ/ === Noun === sonnet m (plural sonnets) sonnet === Further reading === “sonnet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === entons, tenons, tonnes, tonnés == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === sonnet second-person plural subjunctive I of sonnen