SONNET


Meaning of SONNET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsä-nət ]

noun

Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound

Date: 1557

: a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme ; also : a poem in this pattern

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.