STANZA


Meaning of STANZA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstan-zə ]

noun

Etymology: Italian, stay, abode, room, stanza, from Vulgar Latin * stantia stay — more at stance

Date: 1589

: a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe

• stan·za·ic stan-ˈzā-ik adjective

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