sonnet

B2 Topic:Literature & Storytelling

US /ˈsɒnɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #31704

Meanings

1

noun
A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.

Shakespeare wrote a famous sonnet that begins, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
2

verb
To write sonnets, or to write a sonnet about something.

The young poet sonneted endlessly about his lost love.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

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Word family

Forms sonnets

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

sonnet Middle French sonetto Italian sonet pro sonus Latin

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Topics

Literature & Storytelling General Vocabulary

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# sonnet

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɒnɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 31704

## Meanings
1. A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.
2. To write sonnets, or to write a sonnet about something.

## Examples
- Shakespeare wrote a famous sonnet that begins, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
- The young poet sonneted endlessly about his lost love.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sonnet
- Root: sonetto
- Root: sonet
- Root: sonus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).

## AI Etymology
Sonnet is borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle French sonnet, Italian sonetto, pro sonet, Latin sonus. In current use it includes senses such as A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme and To write sonnets, or to write a sonnet about something.

## Topics
- Literature & Storytelling
- General Vocabulary

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