SONNET


Meaning of SONNET in English

/ ˈsɒnɪt; NAmE ˈsɑːnɪt/ noun

a poem that has 14 lines, each containing 10 syllables, and a fixed pattern of rhyme :

Shakespeare's sonnets

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from French , or from Italian sonetto , diminutive of suono a sound.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.