stanza

B2 Topic:Literature & Storytelling

US /ˈstænzə/ See IPA manual

Freq #50871

Meanings

1

noun
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in writing.

The poem is made up of four short stanzas.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms stanzas

Derived forms interstanzastanzaedstanzaicstanzalike

Related forms stance standstrophe

Etymology

From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.

stanza Italian *stantia la-vul stans Latin *staēō Proto-Italic *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Literature & Storytelling General Vocabulary

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# stanza

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈstænzə/
**Frequency rank:** 50871

## Meanings
1. A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in writing.

## Examples
- The poem is made up of four short stanzas.

## Derived Forms
- interstanza
- stanzaed
- stanzaic
- stanzalike

## Related Forms
- stance
- stand
- strophe

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: stanza
- Root: *stantia
- Root: stans
- Root: *staēō
- Root: *sth₂éh₁yeti

## Etymology
From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.

## AI Etymology
Stanza is from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance. In present-day use, it means a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in writing. Derived formations include interstanza, stanzaed, stanzaic, stanzalike.

## Topics
- Literature & Storytelling
- General Vocabulary

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