different between sonnet vs poesy

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

English

Alternative forms

• poesie, poësy

Etymology

From Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poesia, from earlier po?sis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (poí?sis).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???zi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po??zi/

Noun

poesy (countable and uncountable, plural poesies)

1. A poem. [from 14th c.]
2. (archaic) The class of literature comprising [[poems]. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: poetry, verse

Derived terms

• posy

Verb

poesy (third-person singular simple present poesies, present participle poesying, simple past and past participle poesied)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To write or perform poetry.

Anagrams

• Posey, posey, poyse, sepoy