cinquain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinquain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪŋ.keɪn/, /sæŋ.keɪn/

Noun

Examples (poem with 2-, 4-, 6-, 8-, and 2-syllable lines)
Cinquain poetic form which, disyllabically grows longer and longer and then ends short

cinquain (plural cinquains)

1. A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
2. (education) A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.

Coordinate terms

• couplet
• tercet
• terzain
• quatrain
• sestet
• septet
• octave