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quatrain

Meaning of "quatrain" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUATRAIN

From French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF QUATRAIN

ˈkwɒtreɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUATRAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quatrain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUATRAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quatrain

A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. Existing in various forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and China; and, continues into the 21st century, where it is seen in works published in many languages. During Europe's Dark Ages, in the Middle East and especially Iran, polymath poets such as Omar Khayyam continued to popularize this form of poetry, also known as Ruba'i, well beyond their borders and time. There are twelve possible rhyme schemes, but the most traditional and common are: AAAA, AABB, and ABAB. In these poems, they are written to be sad, or talk about a grave matter.

Definition of quatrain in the English dictionary

The definition of quatrain in the dictionary is a stanza or poem of four lines, esp one having alternate rhymes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUATRAIN

Bahrain · brain · Coltrane · constrain · crane · detrain · drain · drivetrain · entrain · grain · Lorraine · membrane · powertrain · rain · restrain · retrain · strain · terrain · train · Ukraine

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUATRAIN

quatercentenary · quatercentennial · quaternaries · quaternary · quaternary ammonium compound · quaternate · quaternion · quaternionist · quaternities · quaternity · Quathlamba · quatorzain · quatorze · quatre · Quatre Bras · quatrefeuille · quatrefoil · quattrocentism · quattrocentist · quattrocento

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUATRAIN

bullet train · diesel train · excursion train · express train · eye strain · freight train · gear train · ghost train · goods train · gravy train · groin strain · Lake Pontchartrain · mail train · passenger train · refrain · steam train · subway train · toy train · tube train · wagon train · way train

Synonyms and antonyms of quatrain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quatrain» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF QUATRAIN

Find out the translation of quatrain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of quatrain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quatrain» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

七绝
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cuarteta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

quatrain
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

quatrain
380 millions of speakers
ar

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الرباعية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

четверостишие
278 millions of speakers
pt

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quatrain
270 millions of speakers
bn

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চতুষ্পদী শ্লোক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

quatrain
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Quatrain
190 millions of speakers
de

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Vierzeiler
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

4行詩
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

행시
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Quatrain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thơ bốn câu
80 millions of speakers
ta

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குவாட்ரைன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चौपट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

dörtlük
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

quartina
65 millions of speakers
pl

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czterowiersz
50 millions of speakers
uk

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чотиривірш
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

catren
30 millions of speakers
el

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τετράστιχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kwatrijn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fyrrading
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quatrain
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quatrain

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUATRAIN»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quatrain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUATRAIN»

Discover the use of quatrain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quatrain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quatrain
Now in Quatrain, she weaves compelling stories in four of the worlds that readers love in Fight, Blood, Gold, and Flame.
Sharon Shinn, 2009
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Quatrain
" The original collection was supposed to have 1,000 quatrains, but only 942 have ever been found...until now.
John Medler, 2011
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice
The last quatrain," the closing stanza. The "bleak news" announces a powerful paradox: the wife's blossoming hatred and the grief of the dead boy's mother. In a kind of dialectic, the white woman comes to mourn and reject a false romantic ...
D. H. Melhem, 1987
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Cendrars' Quatrain
David J. MacKinnon. Noordwijk aan Zee, le 3 juillet, 2009 Chère Miriam, If a poet, during the 1940s, in the wake of a world war, expresses the desire to disappear anonymously at the point where life on earth originated, in the Sargasso Sea, ...
David J. MacKinnon, 2011
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The Revelation Code: What to Expect Through 2020
The Throne - The Four Beasts - The Four and Twenty Elders 119 Quatrain No. 1 Out of the Throne Proceeded Lightnings and Thunderings and Voices 119 Quatrain No. 2 The Four Beasts, Saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty 119  ...
Damiaan Kletter, 2013
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Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form
In this chapter I examine only entire poems (or segments of sequences) written in trimeter,1 and, within this class, only the subset of seventeen poems that exhibit " perfect" quatrain rhyme, abab.2 First attempted in 1913 with "To a Friend ...
Helen Vendler, 2007
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In the Company of Shakespeare: Essays on English Renaissance ...
The first quatrain of this run of seven quatrains experiments with questions, which are made enjambed and non-isometric so as to deliver the effect of spontaneous utterance: And may it be that you have quite forgot A husband's office? Shall ...
Thomas Moisan, Douglas Bruster, Gwynne Blakemore Evans, 2002
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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's ...
But some, like stanzas 2 and 3 of“She Got Me Walkin',”fall into a different line pattern consisting of a quatrain (four lines rhymed abcb) and a rhymed two- line refrain that follows to close out each stanza (see the Close Listening guide). You can ...
Jeff Titon, Timothy Cooley, David Locke, 2009
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the ...
The. Quatrain. JOHN. HOLLANDER. Quatrains, or rhymed staves of four lines, are usually thought of as having lines of equal length and, often (though by no means always) as being cross-rhymed (abab, or even abba). But there are several ...
Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, 2002
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How to Write a Poem, Grades 3-6
A quatrain is not some strange train that is taken to the land of Qua. “Quatr” means four, and a quatrain has four lines with a rhyming pattern of a-a-b-b, a-b-a-b, a-a-a-a, or a-b-c-d. The last two are often used in long poems so that there is a ...
Teacher Created Materials Inc, Kathleen Christopher Null, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUATRAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quatrain is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ambiance brésilienne au Quatrain avec Zumba 44
Zumba 44, entreprise individuelle dirigée par Laurence Bourget, a organisé, hier, au Quatrain, une animation danse et zumba, qui a réuni près de 300 ... «Ouest-France, Apr 15»
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La gestion de Sèvre, Maine et Goulaine épinglée
L'espace culturel du Quatrain est situé à Haute-Goulaine. Daté du 7 octobre 2014, l'audit de 29 pages analyse la gestion de la communauté de communes de ... «Hebdo Sèvre Maine, Dec 14»
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Foofwa d'Imobilité présente "Histoires condansées" le 8 janvier au …
Foofwa d'Imobilité présente "Histoires condansées" le 8 janvier au Quatrain - Haute-Goulaine. Le 08 janvier 2015. Foofwa d'Imobilité présente "Histoires ... «fip, Dec 14»
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Okanagan's heavy hitters producing some serious reds
They produce a wide array of wines but their flagship efforts include Occulus (sold out) Quatrain and Compendium. Quatrain is a Merlot-dominated Bordeaux ... «Calgary Herald, Nov 14»
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Spectacle. Patrick Timsit au Quatrain à Haute-Goulaine
Mercredi 12 novembre, à 20 h 30, au Quatrain de Haute-Goulaine.Tarif : plein 30 €. Réduit 25 €. Abonné 25 €. Jeune plus de 12 ans 20 €. Jeune abonné 15 €. «Ouest-France, Nov 14»
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Théâtre : la « drôle » de Veillée funèbre au Quatrain
Théâtre : la « drôle » de Veillée funèbre au Quatrain. Vertou - 04 Novembre 2014. écouter. La Comédie Mi-Sèvre Mi-Raisin, une compagnie théâtrale ... «Ouest-France, Nov 14»
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Salon du chocolat, des épices et saveurs au Quatrain
Organisé par les Épicuriens solidaires du Vignoble, en partenariat avec Laurent Saudeau, chef étoilé du Manoir de la Boulaie, la cinquième édition du salon du ... «Ouest-France, Oct 14»
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Templiers : le quatrain en latin…
Les Centuries comptent mille quatrains. Tous en français sauf un, en latin. C'est sur lui que Rudy Cambier, auteur de «Le dernier Templier», se base pour ... «lavenir.net, Aug 14»
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Spectator competition: Decide what Leigh Hunt's Jenny did next …
No chocolate until you've composed a quatrain in praise of some fruit or vegetable. Want another bite of chocolate? One more quatrain, please. Hungry for some ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 14»
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11 Shockingly Accurate Predictions From Nostradamus
In the text of his book, each four-line block, called a quatrain, attempts to predict the future. While logic might suggest Nostradamus' claims could apply to almost ... «Business Insider Australia, May 14»
REFERENCE
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