Etymology

triolet

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Today it means: An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter. Full definition →

French triolet
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  1. Frenchtri-
  2. Frenchtriolet
  3. English todaytriolet

Borrowed from French triolet.

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