"sestina" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sestinas [plural]
Etymology: From Italian sestina. Doublet of sextain. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|sestina}} Italian sestina, {{doublet|en|sextain}} Doublet of sextain Head templates: {{en-noun}} sestina (plural sestinas)
  1. (poetry) A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (A highly structured poem): sextina [feminine] (Catalan), sestina [feminine] (Czech), sekstiin (Estonian), sestiini (Finnish), sextine [feminine] (French), sestine [feminine] (Friulian), სექსტინა (seksṭina) (Georgian), Sestine [feminine] (German), σεστίνα (sestína) [feminine] (Greek), sestina (Hungarian), szesztina (Hungarian), sestina [feminine] (Italian), sestyna [feminine] (Polish), sekstyna [feminine] (Polish), sextina [feminine] (Portuguese), sextină [feminine] (Romanian), сексти́на (sekstína) [feminine] (Russian), sestína [feminine] (Slovak), sekstina [feminine] (Slovene), sextina [feminine] (Spanish), sestin [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sestina-en-noun-cdx0K8pN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 78 22 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'A highly structured poem': 96 4
  2. (music) A chord comprising the first six members of the harmonic series. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-sestina-en-noun-4OGqAzmZ Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 55 45 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sestine, sextain

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.