sonnet
English
/ˈsɒnɪt/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet derived from Italian sonetto derived from Old Occitan sonet (a song) derived from Latin sonus (sound, noise, speech).
Origin
Latin
sonus
Gloss
sound, noise, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sonic English
- soniferous English
- sonnetary English
- sonneter English
- sonnetist English
- sonnetize English
- sonnetlike English
- unison English
- armisonus Latin
- fluentisonus Latin
- sonabilis Latin
- sonipes Latin
- sonivius Latin
- sonus Latin
- undisonus Latin
- Sonett German
- szonett Hungarian
- szonettek Hungarian
- sonettare Italian
- sonettista Italian
- sonetto Italian
- suono Italian
- sonnet Dutch, Flemish
- sonnet French
- sonore French
- соне́т Russian
- сонет Russian
- son Spanish, Castilian
- soneto Spanish, Castilian
- sónico Spanish, Castilian
- soneto Portuguese
- ソネット Japanese
- sonet Polish
- son Old English
- sonet Danish
- sonet Czech
- son Old French
- soneto Esperanto
- sono Esperanto
- sonet Serbo-Croatian
- сонет Serbo-Croatian
- sonet Catalan, Valencian
- soneto Galician
- sonet Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sôn Welsh
- son Old Irish
- сонет Bulgarian
- sonnet Middle French
- son Old Portuguese
- sõo Old Portuguese
- сонет Ukrainian
- son Aromanian
- sonet Slovene
- sun Friulian
- son Old Occitan
- sonet Old Occitan
- sueno Old Spanish
- sonu Sicilian
- són Ligurian