tercet
[ tur-sit, tur-set ]
/ ˈtɜr sɪt, tɜrˈsɛt /
noun
Prosody.
a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
Music.
triplet(def 5).
Origin of tercet
Words nearby tercet
terbutaline,
terce,
terceira,
tercel,
tercentenary,
tercet,
terebene,
terebic,
terebic acid,
terebinth,
terebinthinate
Example sentences from the Web for tercet
When there are two verses the stanza is called a couplet; a three line stanza is called a tercet; a four line stanza, a quatrain.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 |Charles Herbert SylvesterThe common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end.
English Verse |Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
British Dictionary definitions for tercet
tercet
/ (ˈtɜːsɪt, tɜːˈsɛt) /
noun
a group of three lines of verse that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of three lines
Word Origin for tercet
C16: from French, from Italian
terzetto, diminutive of
terzo third, from Latin
tertius