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- [kwo-treyn]
- /ˈkwɒ treɪn/
- /ˈkwɒt.reɪn/
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- [kwo-treyn]
- /ˈkwɒ treɪn/
Definitions of quatrain word
- noun quatrain a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes. 1
- noun quatrain A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes. 1
- noun quatrain verse with four lines 1
- noun quatrain a stanza or poem of four lines, esp one having alternate rhymes 0
- noun quatrain a stanza or poem of four lines, often rhyming abab, abba, or abcb 0
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Origin of quatrain
First appearance:
before 1575 One of the 34% oldest English words
1575-85; < French, equivalent to quatre four (< Latin quattuor) + -ain < Latin -ānus -an
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Parts of speech for Quatrain
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
quatrain popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for quatrain
noun quatrain
- verse — (not in technical use) a stanza.
- stanza — an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- rhyme — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- ballad — A ballad is a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.
- composition — When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
Antonyms for quatrain
noun quatrain
- prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
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