envoi

English

Alternative forms

• envoy
• l'envoi

Etymology

Borrowed from French envoi.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/, /ˈɒ̃.vwɑː/

Noun

envoi (plural envois)

1. (poetry) A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
   • 2009 January 28, Erica Jeal, “LSO/Segerstam”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     From the pulsing throb of the very opening, this was a detailed, incisive playing, culminating in an envoi glowing enough to provide the catharsis this programme so uncompromisingly demanded.

Anagrams

• ovine

French

Etymology

From earlier envei, envoy; from the verb envoyer (“to send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.vwa/

• Audio:

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Noun

envoi m (plural envois)

1. dispatch, sending (act of sending); shipping
2. (military) dispatch
3. package (something that is sent or dispatches)
4. (poetry) envoi

Related terms

• coup d’envoi
• envoi recommandé
• envoyer
• renvoi

Descendants

• → English: envoi, envoy

Further reading

• “envoi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ovine