triolet
[ tree-uh-ley, trahy-uh-lit ]
/ ˌtri əˈleɪ, ˈtraɪ ə lɪt /
noun
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
Origin of triolet
1645–55; < French: literally, little trio
Words nearby triolet
trio sonata,
triode,
trioecious,
triol,
triolein,
triolet,
triose,
triosephosphate isomerase,
trioxide,
trip,
trip line
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British Dictionary definitions for triolet
triolet
/ (ˈtriːəʊˌlɛt) /
noun
a verse form of eight lines, having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth, rhyming a b a a a b a b
Word Origin for triolet
C17: from French: a little
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