quatrain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quatrain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/

Noun

quatrain (plural quatrains)

  1. A poem in four lines.
  2. A stanza of four lines.
    Example:
    Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
    Has flung the Stone that puts the stars to flight:
    And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
    The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of light.

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French

Etymology

From quatre (“four”) +‎ -ain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.tʁɛ̃/
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Noun

quatrain m (plural quatrains)

  1. quatrain (stanza of four lines)
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