sonnet

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈsɒnɪt/

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Noun

Singular sonnet

Plural sonnets

1. (countable) A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Verb

Plain form sonnet

Third-person singular sonnets

Past tense sonneted

Past participle sonneted

Present participle sonneting

1. (transitive) If you are sonneting, you are composing a sonnet.

Related words

• poem