different between iambic vs sonnet

English

Alternative forms

• ïambic (rare)
• iambical
• iambick (obsolete)
• jambic

Etymology

From Middle French ïambique, from Late Latin iambicus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (iambikós), from ?????? (íambos) + -???? (-ikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??æmb?k/
• Rhymes: -æmb?k

Adjective

iambic (comparative more iambic, superlative most iambic)

1. (prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• iambic pentameter
• iambic tetrameter
• iambically

Translations

Noun

iambic (plural iambics)

1. (prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.

Antonyms

• trochaic

Anagrams

• cimbia

Romanian

Etymology

From French iambique, from Latin iambicus.

Adjective

iambic m or n (feminine singular iambic?, masculine plural iambici, feminine and neuter plural iambice)

1. iambic

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?n?t

Noun

sonnet (plural sonnets)

1. A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

Translations

See also

• poem
• English sonnet
• Italian sonnet
• quatorzain

Verb

sonnet (third-person singular simple present sonnets, present participle sonneting, simple past and past participle sonneted)

1. (intransitive) To compose sonnets.
2. (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.

Anagrams

• Neston, non est, nonets, senton, stonen, tennos, tenons, tenson, tonnes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??n?t/
• Hyphenation: son?net
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

sonnet n (plural sonnetten, diminutive sonnetje n)

1. sonnet

   Synonym: klinkdicht

Derived terms

• meestersonnet
• Shakespearesonnet
• sonnettenbakker
• sonnettencyclus
• sonnettenkrans

Anagrams

• snoten

References

• “sonnet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

From Middle French sonnet, borrowed from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.n?/

Noun

sonnet m (plural sonnets)

1. sonnet

Further reading

• “sonnet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• entons, tenons, tonnes, tonnés

German

Pronunciation

Verb

sonnet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of sonnen