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sextain

sex·tain
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sek-steyn]
    • /ˈsɛk steɪn/
    • /ˈsek.steɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-steyn]
    • /ˈsɛk steɪn/

Definitions of sextain word

  • noun sextain a stanza of six lines. 1
  • abbreviation SEXTAIN sestina. 1
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Origin of sextain

First appearance:

before 1630
One of the 42% oldest English words
1630-40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina

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Parts of speech for Sextain

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sextain

sextain popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Related words

  • sestina

    a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
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