HOKKU

Meaning of HOKKU in English

/haw"kooh, hok"ooh/ , n. , pl. hokku . Pros.

1. the opening verse of a linked verse series.

2. haiku.

[ 1895-1900; hok opening, first + ku stanza; earlier fot-ku fá depart + jù phrase ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HOKKU — noun (plural ~) Etymology: Japanese Date: 1897 haiku
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HOKKU — ˈhȯ(ˌ)kü, ˈhä(- noun ( plural hokku ) Etymology: Japanese, from hok beginning, first + ku hemistich 1. : a fixed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOKKU — noun ( plural hokku ) Etymology: Japanese Date: 1897 : haiku
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOKKU — [ 'hɒku: ] ■ noun ( plural same) another term for haiku . Origin Japanese, lit. 'opening verse'.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOKKU — [hok.ku] n, pl hokku [Jp] (1898): haiku
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Oxford English vocab
HOKKU — хайку, хокку (японское лирическое трехстишие)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOKKU — = haiku
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HOKKU — (n) хайку; хокку
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HOKKU — = haiku
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HOKKU — = haiku
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOKKU — хайку, хокку (японское лирическое трехстишие)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOKKU — n. Pronunciation: ' ho ̇ -( ˌ )kü Function: noun Inflected Form: plural hokku Etymology: Japanese Date: 1897 : HAIKU
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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HAIKU — ˈhī(ˌ)kü noun ( plural haiku ) Etymology: Japanese : an unrhymed Japanese poem of three lines containing 5, 7, and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAIKAI — ˈhīˌkī noun ( plural haikai ) Etymology: Japanese : an often playful type of Japanese verse or prose cultivated in …
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RENGA — plural renga genre of Japanese linked-verse poetry in which two or more poets supplied alternating sections of a poem. The …
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HAIKU — also called Hokku, Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables …
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NISHIYAMA SOIN — born 1605, Higo Province, Japan died May 5, 1682, Kyoto? original name Nishiyama Toyoichi renga (linked-verse) poet of the early …
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JAPANESE LITERATURE — the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, in the Chinese classical …
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