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Meaning of "terza rima" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TERZA RIMA

From Italian, literally: third rhyme.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TERZA RIMA

terza rima  [ˈtɛətsə ˈriːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERZA RIMA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Terza rima 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 TERZA RIMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Terza rima

Terza rima is a rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. It was first used by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri.

Definition of terza rima in the English dictionary

The definition of terza rima in the dictionary is a verse form of Italian origin consisting of a series of tercets in which the middle line of one tercet rhymes with the first and third lines of the next.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TERZA RIMA


beamer
ˈbiːmə
creamer
ˈkriːmə
daydreamer
ˈdeɪˌdriːmə
dreamer
ˈdriːmə
edema
ɪˈdiːmə
emblema
ɛmˈbliːmə
epicheirema
ˌepɪkaɪˈriːmə
epirrhema
ˌepɪˈriːmə
Fukushima
ˌfuːkuːˈʃiːmə
Hiroshima
ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə
lifestreamer
ˈlaɪfˌstriːmə
Lima
ˈliːmə
reamer
ˈriːmə
rima
ˈriːmə
schema
ˈskiːmə
screamer
ˈskriːmə
steamer
ˈstiːmə
streamer
ˈstriːmə
Tema
ˈtiːmə
thema
ˈθiːmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERZA RIMA

tertiaries
tertiary
tertiary bursary
tertiary college
tertiary colour
tertiary education
Tertiary period
tertiary sector
tertium quid
tertius
terts
Tertullian
Teruel
tervalency
tervalent
Terylene
terze rime
terzetta
terzetti
terzetto

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERZA RIMA

alla prima
anima
Colima
Fatima
intima
jemima
Kagoshima
Kohima
maxima
minima
Mishima
Nevado de Colima
optima
ottava rima
pima
Proxima
Roraima
sima
Tolima
ultima

Synonyms and antonyms of terza rima in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «terza rima» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TERZA RIMA

Find out the translation of terza rima to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of terza rima from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «terza rima» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

terza RIMA
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

terza rima
570 millions of speakers

English

terza rima
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

TERZA रीमा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

terza ريما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

терцины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

terza rima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Terza রিমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

terza rima
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terza rima
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Terzinen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

terza裂
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

terza 리마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Terza rima
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Terza rima
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டெர்ஸா ரிமா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेराजा रिमा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Terza Rima
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terza rima
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Terza Rima
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

терцини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Terza rima
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Terza rima
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terza Rima
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

terza rima
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

terza rima
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of terza rima

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TERZA RIMA»

The term «terza rima» is normally little used and occupies the 123.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TERZA RIMA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERZA RIMA»

Discover the use of terza rima in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to terza rima and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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My Terza Rima
Poetry. Michael Gizzi received his BA and MFA from Brown University where he studied with Keith Waldrop.
Michael Gizzi, 2001
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The Divine Comedy ... Translated in Terza Rima by John Dayman
I may further urge, in support of these views, how appropriate is the ever- recurring cadence of the Terza Rima to that orbicular construction within which the poet's visions successively present themselves. Its circling movement once begun, ...
Dante Alighieri, Rev. John DAYMAN, 1865
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The Inferno, tr. in the terza rima of the original, with ...
OF DANTE ALIGHIERI, TRANSLATED IN ♢ THE TERZA RIMA OF THE ORIGINAL , WITH NOTES AND APPENDIX, BY JOHN DAYMAN, M.A., RECTOR OF SKELTON, CUMBERLAND, AND LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, ...
Dante Alighieri, 1843
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Madding Mission "Terza Rima In Alphabet Soup" Jotter Book
DESMOND KON. Front Cover.
DESMOND KON
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An Attempt at an English Translation, in Terza Rima, of the ...
Dante Alighieri, Jonathan HATFIELD .'I' 'a I l 1' A '1. H "it //-/-,12/ 6'[f6_/5- “Li..- . AN ATTEMPT ENGLISH TRANSLATION, IN TERZA RIMA, OF THE FIRST CANTO OF DANTE'S INFERNO, 81:. 3'0. .; '" ' "I " v_1~_._v—~_ BY A LATE SCHOLAR ...
Dante Alighieri, Jonathan HATFIELD, 1832
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Divine Comedies for the New Millennium: Recent Dante ...
9 However, this does not alter the fact that Eliot is enormously fascinated by terza rima and that he considers it the vital essence of Dante's poem. Therefore, he cautiously affirms that a rhyming terza rima translation of the Comedy is probably  ...
Ronald de Rooy, 2003
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Dante: The Poetics of Conversion
... that we treat contemporary secular texts, written in our own cultural context. In the field of Dante studies, it is the unique and permanent contribution of Charles Singleton to have brought poetics and the- 258 The Significance of Terza Rima.
John Freccero, Rachel Jacoff, 1986
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A Moment's Monument: Revisionary Poetics and the ...
The ode is generally recognized to be a structural amalgamation of a sonnet sequence and the terza rima rhyme scheme, and a number of discussions of this innovation exist. The general critical assertion has been that the ode is an ...
Jennifer Ann Wagner, 1996
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the ...
It is this combinatorial medley of effects, rhymes surging forward and overlapping at the same time, and the cognitive rearrangement of the six-line frame in which a set of rhymes do their work, that gives to terza rima its unique continuity.
Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, 2002
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
It was first developed systematically in It. poetry (terzina): Dante chose the tercet with interlocking rhymes (*terza rima) for the stanza of the Divine Comedy, whence it spread to the other vernacular poetries. In those versions of the * sonnet ...
Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERZA RIMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term terza rima is used in the context of the following news items.
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Antichi Chiostri Francescani "Cantar di Dante in ottava rima"
Nell'alto Lazio l'improvvisazione in ottava rima convive con altre forme di poesia estemporanea nella terza rima dantesca e in quartine (anch'esse di ... «RavennaToday, Jun 15»
2
Politicians in purgatory
It is a critical, occasionally satirical, survey of Maltese politics since 1964, written ambitiously and often with some success, in a Maltese terza rima, the verse form ... «Times of Malta, May 15»
3
Dante: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Hainsworth and David …
Another aspect Hainsworth and Robey draw attention to is the rhyme scheme, Dante's celebrated terza rima. I had always acknowledged its capacity for mixing ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
4
National Book Award Poetry Winner Terrance Hayes Reads And …
He has a fondness for terza rima and the passage of time. He closes with a resounding, “I appreciate your being nice to me.” Ya done good, Liberal Studies. «NYU Local, Mar 15»
5
'We give space to people who might otherwise express themselves …
Responses ranged from the poetic—complete with terza rima rhyming verse stanzas—to the more straightforward. The Basement has been criticized for its ... «The Yemen Times, Dec 14»
6
Oh great and gentle muse, inspire Beyoncé with the genius of poetry
... a Pulitzer prize-nominated poet called Forrest Gander to arrange quotes from a Beyoncé interview into tercets – one passage employing the terza rima stanza ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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In 'Gabriel,' Edward Hirsch creates powerful elegy for his son
You immediately think of Dante's terza rima, but Hirsch's work remains decidedly unrhymed, breathlessly cascading in torrents of sadness. Yet even in his ... «Kansas.com, Aug 14»
8
Nelle Marche nasce la Birra Terza Rima
Terza Rima (www.birraterzarima.com), è destinata al mercato nazionale ed estero, viene prodotta in tre diverse tipologie. “La Bionda” fresca e delicatamente ... «Quotidiano.net, Jul 14»
9
Atheist Clive James' hymn to God
Some translators abandon all hope of getting perfect terza rima (an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme) in English, opting for non-rhyme or half-rhyme. «Eureka Street, Jun 14»
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Terza Rima. Nasce la birra artigianale del Gruppo Togni
Terza Rima si fonda sui principi di purezza ed equilibrio, caratterizzati da elevati livelli qualitativi. Un prodotto totalmente naturale e non pastorizzato, che si ... «Viniesapori.net, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Terza rima [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/terza-rima>. Apr 2024 ».
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