different between envoy vs sestina

English

Etymology

From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.v??/, /??n.v??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.v??/

Noun

envoy (plural envoys)

1. (law) a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
3. a representative.
4. a diplomat.
5. a messenger.
6. (poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi: a short stanza at the end of a poem

Synonyms

• (diplomatic agent of second rank): envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary

Translations

English

Etymology

From Italian sestina. Doublet of sextain.

Noun

sestina (plural sestinas)

1. (poetry) A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.

   Coordinate terms: pentina, triolet

   • 2002, Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art, University of Michigan Press (?ISBN), page 290:

     Although the sestina is of medieval French origin, attributed to Arnaut Daniel in the late twelfth century and used by other Gallic poets and by Italians including Petrarch and Dante (from whom it received its Italian name), […]

2. (music) A chord comprising the first six members of the harmonic series.

Related terms

• sestine
• sextain

Translations

Further reading

• sestina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Eastins, Saintes, Setians, Staines, entasis, nasties, tansies, tisanes

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?sti?na]

Noun

sestina f

1. (poetry) sestina

Declension

Further reading

• sestina in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sestina in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• sestina in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Italian

Etymology

From sesto (“sixth”).

Noun

sestina f (plural sestine)

1. (poetry) A six-line stanza, sestet, sestina, sextain
2. (music) sextuplet

Descendants

• ? English: sestina

Related terms

• sei

Anagrams

• assenti, assentì, intessa, issante, sensati