sonnet

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sonnet

/ˈsɒnɪt/
/ˈsʌnɪt/ obsolete

Rhymes with -ɒnɪt

Where it comes from

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

noun sonnets

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.

verb sonnets · sonneting · sonnetting · sonneted · sonnetted

intransitive To compose sonnets. strains that come almost to sonneting
transitive To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.

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noun verse form consisting of fourteen lines

Español	soneto
한국어	소네트 soneteu
日本語	ソネット sonetto
中文	十四行詩 /十四行诗 shísìhángshī, 商籟體 /商籁体 shānglàitǐ
Português	soneto
Français	sonnet
Deutsch	Sonett
Italiano	sonetto
Ελληνικά	σονέτο sonéto
Română	sonet
Русский	соне́т sonét
العربية	سونيت
עברית	סוֹנָטָה sonáta, שִׁיר זָהָב shir zaháv

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@misc{sonnet_2026,
  title = {sonnet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sonnet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}