cinquain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinquain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪn.ken/

Noun
Examples (poem with 2-, 4-, 6-, 8-, and 2-syllable lines)

Cinquain
poetic form
which, disyllabically
grows longer and longer and then
ends short

cinquain (plural cinquains)

  1. A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
  2. A five-line poetic form which consists of 1 noun, 2 adjectives, 3 actions, 4 feeling words, then 1 noun that is the same as top noun

Coordinate terms
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