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Definition: Quatrain |
QuatrainNoun1. A stanza of four lines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quatrain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Quatrain \Quat"rain\, noun. [French expression, from quatre four, from Latin expression quattuor, quatuor. See Four.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Poetry | Canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain; strophe, antistrophe. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
For example:
From William Blake's "The Tyger"
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quatrain."
Crosswords: Quatrain |
| English words defined with "quatrain": elegiac stanza ♦ heroic stanza. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Quatrain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quatrain" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quatrain | 33 |
poem quatrain | 28 |
poetry quatrain | 6 |
nostradamus quatrain | 5 |
quatrain write | 3 |
besancon kharmoudi maroc posies quatrain | 3 |
example quatrain | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quatrain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | strofë (stanza, strophe, tetrastich, verse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | четиристишие (tetrastich). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ètyřverší. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | رباعی , شعرچهارسطری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vierzeiler (four lined stanza). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τετράστιχο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | négysoros versszak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quartina (quarter note). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kerroo (fourth, haunch, leg, leg of lamb, quarte, quarter, quarterland, quartern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atrainquay quadra (block, court, epoch, season). (various references) catren. (various references) четверостишие. (various references) ceathramh (fourth, fourth part, num. the fourth, stanza). (various references) katren. (various references) cuarteto (quartet, quartette). (various references) fyrradig strof. (various references) kıta (battalion, canto, continent, continental, corps, detachment, stanza, stave, strophe, verse), dörtlük (crotchet, stanza, verse), dört mısralık şiir parçası. (various references) чотиривірш (pantun). (various references) thơ bốn câu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | quattuor. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | quatre. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | quatrain. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quatrain": quatrains. (additional references) | |
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"Quatrain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catarain, catrain, gartain, Guarani, mutaradin, quantrain, quartan, quatermain, quatra, quatraine, quatrin, quervain, quintain. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-n-q-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: quartan, quintar. | |
-2 letters: antiar, anuria, nutria, qintar, quaint, quanta, quinta, urania. | |
-3 letters: antra, atria, naira, qanat, quant, quart, quint, quirt, ratan, riant, riata, ruana, rutin, tiara, train, tranq. | |
-4 letters: airn, airt, anta, anti, aqua, aria, aunt, aura, quai, quin, quit, raia, rain, rani, rant, ruin, runt, tain, tarn, tuna, turn, unai, unit. | |
-5 letters: ain, air. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-n-q-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: antiquark, antiquary, quatrains. | |
+2 letters: antiquarks, aquatinter, quadrating, quarantine, reacquaint. | |
+3 letters: antiquarian, antiquaries, aquatinters, quarantined, quarantines, reacquaints. | |
+4 letters: antiquarians, equalitarian, quadrivalent, quarantining, quarterfinal, quaternaries, reacquainted. | |
+5 letters: anthraquinone, equalitarians, quadrivalents, quarterfinals, reacquainting. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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