Meanings
nounenvoi (plural envois)
plural envois · alternative envoy · alternative l'envoi
- communicationsA short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
From the pulsing throb of the very opening, this was a detailed, incisive playing, culminating in an envoi glowing enough to provide the catharsis this programme so uncompromisingly demanded.
2009 January 28, Erica Jeal, “LSO/Segerstam”, in The Guardian
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Origin
- Frenchenvoi
- Frenchenvoi
- Englishenvoi
Borrowed from French envoi.
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APA
envoi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envoi
MLA
“envoi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envoi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “envoi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envoi.
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