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

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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 trio