stanza

== English == === Etymology === From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstænzə/ Rhymes: -ænzə === Noun === stanza (plural stanzas) (poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse. (architecture) An apartment or division in a building. (computing) An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP. (computing) A section of a configuration file consisting of a related group of lines. (broadcasting) A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic. (sports) A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== stance stand ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== strophe === Anagrams === ansatz == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stantem, from stāre. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈstanza/ [ˈst̪an.za] Rhymes: -anza Syllabification: stan‧za === Noun === stanza (plural stanza-stanza) (poetry) stanza (a unit of a poem) Synonym: bait ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “stanza”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stantem, from stāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstan.t͡sa/ Rhymes: -antsa Hyphenation: stàn‧za === Noun === stanza f (plural stanze) room Synonyms: camera, sala stanza ==== Descendants ==== → Old French: estance→ Middle English: staunceEnglish: stance → English: stanza → German: Stanze→ Polish: sztanca→ Swedish: stans == Middle Norwegian == === Etymology === Related to Old Norse standa. === Verb === stanza to stop ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Nynorsk: stanse, stansa Norwegian Bokmål: stanse === References === “stanza” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romansh == === Alternative forms === stànza (Sutsilvan) staunza (Puter) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. === Noun === stanza f (plural stanzas) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) room ==== Synonyms ==== (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chombra (Sursilvan) combra (Surmiran) tgombra