stanza

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈstænzə/ See IPA manual

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

The poem is made up of four short stanzas.

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Forms stanzas

Derived forms interstanzastanzaedstanzaicstanzalike

Related forms stance standstrophe

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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# 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.

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