triolet

English

Etymology

From French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt/, /ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/

Noun

triolet (plural triolets)

1. (poetry) An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

   Coordinate term: sestina

   • 2005, Connie Homan Weaver, Poetry a la Carte, Prufrock Press Inc., →ISBN, page 110:

     The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.

Derived terms

• biolet
• trioletic

Translations

An eight-line poem

• Armenian: տրիոլետ (hy) (triolet)
• Belarusian: трыяле́т m (tryjaljét)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: triolett
• Finnish: trioletti
• Georgian: ტრიოლეტი (ṭrioleṭi)
• German: Triolett n
• Greek: τριολέτο (el) n (trioléto)
• Hungarian: triolett
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: triolets m
• Lithuanian: triolètas m
• Polish: triolet (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: триоле́т (ru) m (triolét)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: triolett c
• Ukrainian: тріоле́т m (triolét)

Further reading

• triolet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “triolet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• tortile

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪjolɛt]

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletů
dative	trioletu	trioletům
accusative	triolet	triolety
vocative	triolete	triolety
locative	trioletu	trioletech
instrumental	trioletem	triolety

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “triolet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “triolet”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtri.(j)oːˈlɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tri‧o‧let

Noun

triolet m or f or n (plural trioletten, diminutive trioletje n)

1. (poetry) triolet

References

• “triolet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

From tri- +‎ -ole +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.jɔ.lɛ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: triolets

Noun

triolet m (plural triolets)

1. (poetry) triplet, triolet
2. (music) triplet

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrjɔ.lɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛt
• Syllabification: trio‧let

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletów
dative	trioletowi	trioletom
accusative	triolet	triolety
instrumental	trioletem	trioletami
locative	triolecie	trioletach
vocative	triolecie	triolety

Derived terms

adjective

• trioletowy

 

Further reading

• triolet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri.oˈlet/

Noun

triolet n (plural triolete)

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) triolet	trioletul	(niște) triolete	trioletele
genitive/dative	(unui) triolet	trioletului	(unor) triolete	trioletelor
vocative	trioletule		trioletelor

Further reading

• triolet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtriɔlet]

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletov
dative	trioletu	trioletom
accusative	triolet	triolety
locative	triolete	trioletoch
instrumental	trioletom	trioletmi

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Noun

triolet m

1. (poetry) triolet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran