ˈkwä.ˌtrān also ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ sometimes ˈkwä.trə̇n or kwə.ˈtrān or with ȯ for ä noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor
: a verse unit of four lines
a quatrain rhyming abab
ˈkwä.ˌtrān also ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ sometimes ˈkwä.trə̇n or kwə.ˈtrān or with ȯ for ä noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor
: a verse unit of four lines
a quatrain rhyming abab
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012