"ottava rima" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒˌtɑːvə ˈɹiːmə/ [UK], /oʊˌtɑvə ˈɹimə/ [US] Forms: ottave rime [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ottava rima (literally “eighth rhyme”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|ottava rima|lit=eighth rhyme}} Italian ottava rima (literally “eighth rhyme”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|ottave rime|nolinkhead=1}} ottava rima (usually uncountable, plural ottave rime)
  1. (poetry) An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc). Wikipedia link: ottava rima Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Poetry, Prosody Synonyms: ottava (english: by ellipsis) Related terms: terza rima Translations (arrangement of stanzas of eight lines rhyming ab ab ab cc): օկտավ (ōktav) (Armenian), акта́ва (aktáva) [feminine] (Belarusian), octava reial [feminine] (Catalan), stance [feminine] (Czech), ottava rima [feminine] (Czech), ottava rima [feminine] (French), oitava real [feminine] (Galician), Oktave [feminine] (German), Stanze [feminine] (German), οκτάβα (oktáva) [feminine] (Greek), אוֹטַאבַה רִימַה (otávah rímah) [feminine] (Hebrew), ottava rima [feminine] (Italian), オッターヴァ・リーマ (ottāva rīma) (Japanese), ueitau rima [feminine] (Occitan), uechena rima [feminine] (Occitan), oktawa [feminine] (Polish), окта́ва (oktáva) [feminine] (Russian), италијанска окта́ва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), окта́ва ри́ма [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), italijanska oktáva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oktáva ríma [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), stanca [feminine] (Slovene), oktava [feminine] (Slovene), octava real [feminine] (Spanish), stans [common-gender] (Swedish), окта́ва (oktáva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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