triolet

From French triolet.

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

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.

• biolet
• trioletic

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

• tortile

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪjolɛt]

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

• “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)

Borrowed from French triolet.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtri.(j)oːˈlɛt/

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• Hyphenation: tri‧o‧let

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

1. (poetry) triolet

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

From tri- +‎ -ole +‎ -et.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.jɔ.lɛ/

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• Homophone: triolets

triolet m (plural triolets)

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

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

Borrowed from French triolet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrjɔ.lɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛt
• Syllabification: trio‧let

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

• triolet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French triolet.

• IPA^(key): /tri.oˈlet/

triolet n (plural triolete)

1. (poetry) triolet

• “triolet”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈtriɔlet]

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /triɔléːt/

triolẹ̑t m animacy unspecified

1. (poetry) triolet

• “triolet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025