triolet

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triolet

/ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt/
/ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/

noun triolets

An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter. The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.

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noun An eight-line poem

Deutsch	Triolett
Ελληνικά	τριολέτο trioléto
Русский	триоле́т triolét

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@misc{triolet_2026,
  title = {triolet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/triolet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}