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sonnet

/ˈsɒn.ɪt/

/ˈsɑː.nɪt/

Translations

sonnetnoun

sonnets

/ˈsɒn.ɪt/

/ˈsɑː.nɪt/

Shakespeare wrote many famous sonnets.

Шекспир написал много известных сонетов.

Synonyms

sonnetverb

sonneted

Past Simple

sonneted

Past Participle

sonneting

Gerund

/ˈsɒn.ɪt/

/ˈsɑː.nɪt/

Rare but attested use meaning ‘to compose or celebrate in sonnets’.

Synonyms

compose (a sonnet)

write (a sonnet)

sonnetadjective

Attributive use (e.g., ‘sonnet sequence’, ‘sonnet form’) treated as adjective.

sonnetnoun

A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line.

Shakespeare's sonnet 18 is one of the most famous poems in the English language.

Any short lyric poem; a little song (historical).

In Renaissance Italy, the term ‘sonnet’ could refer to almost any brief lyric.

sonnetverb

To compose or celebrate in a sonnet or sonnets.

The poet sonneted his admiration for the queen.

sonnetadjective

Relating to, characteristic of, or written in the form of a sonnet.

She developed a sonnet habit that shaped her latest collection.