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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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History
Borrowed from French cinquain.
