Petrarchan sonnet

English

Etymology

Named after Italian scholar, poet and humanist Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), who did not invent but made large use of this form in his authorship.

Noun

Petrarchan sonnet (plural Petrarchan sonnets)

1. (poetry) A sonnet comprising an octet and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.

   Synonym: Italian sonnet

Related terms

• Shakespearean sonnet
• Spenserian sonnet

Translations

type of sonnet

• Armenian: իտալական սոնետ (italakan sonet)
• Basque: ^{(please verify)} italierazko hamalaudun
• Belarusian: італья́нскі сане́т m (italʹjánski sanjét)
• Bulgarian: италиански сонет m (italianski sonet), петраркистки сонет m (petrarkistki sonet)
• Chinese:

  Gan: 迫式十四行詩／迫式十四行诗

  Mandarin: 意大利十四行詩／意大利十四行诗 (Yìdàlì shísì hángshī)

• Czech: italský sonet m, Petrarcový sonet m
• Danish: italienske sonet c
• Dutch: Italiaans sonnet n, petrarcaans sonnet n
• Estonian: Itaalia sonett, Petrarca sonett
• Finnish: petrarcalainen sonetti, italialainen sonetti
• French: sonnet pétrarquien m, sonnet pétrarquiste m, sonnet italien m
• Galician: soneto italiano m
• Georgian: იტალიური სონეტი (iṭaliuri soneṭi)
• German: Petrarca-Sonett n, italienisches Sonett n
• Greek: πετραρχικό σονέτο n (petrarchikó sonéto), ιταλικό σονέτο n (italikó sonéto)
• Hungarian: petrarcai szonett
• Italian: sonetto petrarchesco m
• Japanese: イタリア風ソネット (Itaria-fū sonetto), ペトラルカ風ソネット (Petoraruka-fū sonetto)
• Korean: 이탈리안 소네트 (itallian soneteu)
• Latin: sonētum Petrarchiānum n
• Latvian: Petrarkas sonets m
• Limburgish: Italiaons sonnèt n
• Lithuanian: itališkas sonetas m, Petrarkos sonetas m
• Macedonian: петраркистички сонет m (petrarkistički sonet), петрархистичка поезија f (petrarhistička poezija)
• Malayalam: ഇറ്റാലിയൻ ഗീതകം (iṟṟāliyaṉ gītakaṁ)
• Norwegian: Petrarca-sonett m, italiensk sonett m
• Polish: sonet włoski m, sonet Petrarki m
• Portuguese: soneto italiano m, soneto petrarquiano m
• Romanian: sonet petrarchist n, sonet italian n
• Russian: италья́нский соне́т m (italʹjánskij sonét), петрарки́стский соне́т m (petrarkístskij sonét)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петраркѝстичкӣ со̀не̄т m, италѝја̄нскӣ со̀не̄т m, талѝја̄нскӣ со̀не̄т m

  Roman: petrarkìstičkī sònēt m, italìjānskī sònēt m, talìjānskī sònēt m

• Slovene: italijȃnski sonẹ̑t m
• Spanish: soneto italiano m, soneto petrarquista m, soneto petrarquiano m
• Swedish: italiensk sonett c
• Turkish: İtalyan sone