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A poem in four lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A stanza of four lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Example:
- Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
- Has flung the Stone that puts the stars to flight:
- And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
- The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of light.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a stanza of four lines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stanza
Narrower terms: elegiac stanza, heroic stanza
Etymology tree French quatre French -ain French quatrainbor. English quatrain Borrowed from French quatrain.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رُبَاعِيّ
(rubāʕiyy)
— a stanza of four lines
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Armenian:
ռուբայի
(ṙubayi)
— a stanza of four lines
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Bulgarian:
четиристишие
(četiristišie)
— a stanza of four lines
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Catalan:
quartet
— a stanza of four lines
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Catalan:
quarteta
— a stanza of four lines
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Chinese Mandarin:
四行詩 /四行诗
(sìhángshī)
— a stanza of four lines
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Chinese Mandarin:
四行連 /四行连
(sìhánglián)
— a stanza of four lines
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Czech:
čtyřverší
— a stanza of four lines
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Dutch:
kwatrijn
— a stanza of four lines
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Estonian:
katrään
— a stanza of four lines
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Finnish:
nelisäe
— a stanza of four lines
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French:
quatrain
— a stanza of four lines
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German:
Quartett
— a stanza of four lines
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Indonesian:
caturlarik
— a stanza of four lines
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Indonesian:
pantun
— a stanza of four lines
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Indonesian:
sajak empat baris
— a stanza of four lines
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Italian:
quartina
— a stanza of four lines
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Japanese:
四行連
(yongyōren)
— a stanza of four lines
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Japanese:
クウォートレイン
(kuwōtorein)
— a stanza of four lines
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Japanese:
クワトレイン
(kuwatorein)
— a stanza of four lines
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Northern Kurdish:
çarîne
— a stanza of four lines
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Lithuanian:
katrenas
— a stanza of four lines
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Persian:
رباعی
(robâ'i)
— a stanza of four lines
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Polish:
czterowiersz
— a stanza of four lines
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Polish:
tetrastych
— a stanza of four lines
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Polish:
kwartyna
— a stanza of four lines
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Portuguese:
quarteto
— a stanza of four lines
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Portuguese:
quadra
— a stanza of four lines
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Romanian:
catren
— a stanza of four lines
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Russian:
четверости́шие
(četverostíšije)
— a stanza of four lines
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Russian:
катре́н
(katrɛ́n)
— a stanza of four lines
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Serbo-Croatian:
катрен
— a stanza of four lines
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Serbo-Croatian:
katren
— a stanza of four lines
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Spanish:
cuarteto
— a stanza of four lines
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Spanish:
cuarteta
— a stanza of four lines
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Spanish:
redondilla
— a stanza of four lines
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Spanish:
serventesio
— a stanza of four lines
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Swedish:
quatrain
— a stanza of four lines
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Swedish:
kvadernar
— a stanza of four lines
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Swedish:
kvatrin
— a stanza of four lines
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Swedish:
fyrrading
— a stanza of four lines
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Tagalog:
kuwarteta
— a stanza of four lines
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Turkish:
dörtlük
— a stanza of four lines
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Vietnamese:
thơ bốn câu
— a stanza of four lines