triolet

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/ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt//ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/

noun

An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

OriginFrench triolet →
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Meanings

nountriolet (plural triolets)

plural triolets

  1. communicationsAn eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

    The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.

    2005, Connie Homan Weaver, Poetry a la Carte, Prufrock Press Inc., →ISBN, page 110

Origin

  1. Frenchtri-
  2. Frenchtriolet
  3. Englishtriolet

Borrowed from French triolet.

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Translations

Estonian triolett
  • triolettAn eight-line poem
Finnish trioletti
  • triolettiAn eight-line poem
German Triolett
  • TriolettAn eight-line poem
Greek τριολέτο
  • τριολέτο (trioléto)An eight-line poem
Hungarian triolett
  • triolettAn eight-line poem
Latvian triolets
  • trioletsAn eight-line poem
Lithuanian triolètas
  • triolètasAn eight-line poem
Polish triolet
  • trioletAn eight-line poem
Russian триоле́т
  • триоле́т (triolét)An eight-line poem
Swedish triolett
  • triolettAn eight-line poem
Ukrainian тріоле́т
  • тріоле́т (triolét)An eight-line poem

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

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