"sonnet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɒnɪt/, /ˈsʌnɪt/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-sonnet.ogg [US] Forms: sonnets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|sonnet}} Middle French sonnet, {{der|en|it|sonetto}} Italian sonetto, {{der|en|pro|sonet||a song}} Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), {{m|pro|son||song, sound}} son (“song, sound”), {{der|en|la|sonus||sound}} Latin sonus (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sonnet (plural sonnets)
  1. A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes. Categories (topical): Prosody Derived forms: Elizabethan sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet, Spenserian sonnet Related terms: poem, English sonnet, Italian sonnet, Scottish sonnet, quatorzain Translations (verse form consisting of fourteen lines): sonnet (Afrikaans), سونيت (Arabic), սոնետ (sonet) (Armenian), sonetu [masculine] (Asturian), сонет (sonet) (Bashkir), sonerez [feminine] (Breton), соне́т (sonét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sonet [masculine] (Catalan), 十四行詩 (Chinese Mandarin), 十四行诗 (shísìhángshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 商籟體 (Chinese Mandarin), 商籁体 (shānglàitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), sunettu [masculine] (Corsican), sonettu [masculine] (Corsican), sonet [masculine] (Czech), sonet [common-gender] (Danish), sonnet [neuter] (Dutch), klinkdicht [neuter] (Dutch), soneto (Esperanto), sonett (Estonian), sonetti (Finnish), sonnet [masculine] (French), soneto (Galician), სონეტი (soneṭi) (Georgian), Sonett [neuter] (German), σονέτο (sonéto) [neuter] (Greek), סוֹנָטָה (sonáta) [feminine] (Hebrew), שִׁיר זָהָב (shir zaháv) [masculine] (Hebrew), szonett (Hungarian), sonnetta [feminine] (Icelandic), soneto (Ido), soinéad [masculine] (Irish), sonetto [masculine] (Italian), ソネット (sonetto) (Japanese), сонет (sonet) (Kazakh), 소네트 (soneteu) (Korean), сонет (sonet) (Kyrgyz), sonets (Latvian), sonétto [masculine] (Ligurian), sonètas [masculine] (Lithuanian), sonètt [masculine] (Lombard), соне́т (sonét) [masculine] (Macedonian), ഗീതകം (gītakaṁ) (Malayalam), sonnet (Norman), sonett (Norwegian), sonett (Norwegian Nynorsk), sonet [masculine] (Occitan), متن ادبی (matn-e adabi) (Persian), sonet [masculine] (Polish), soneto [masculine] (Portuguese), sunèt [masculine] (Romagnol), sonet [neuter] (Romanian), соне́т (sonét) [masculine] (Russian), sonet (Serbo-Croatian), sunettu [masculine] (Sicilian), sonet (Slovene), soneto [masculine] (Spanish), sonett (Swedish), soneto (Tagalog), dalitlit (Tagalog), ซอนเน็ต (Thai), sone (Turkish), соне́т (sonét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sonet (Uzbek), poedot degfolliänik (Volapük), soned (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sonnet-en-noun-8THmO7Uj Disambiguation of Prosody: 55 26 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 31 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 25 20

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɒnɪt/, /ˈsʌnɪt/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-sonnet.ogg [US] Forms: sonnets [present, singular, third-person], sonneting [participle, present], sonnetting [participle, present], sonneted [participle, past], sonneted [past], sonnetted [participle, past], sonnetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|sonnet}} Middle French sonnet, {{der|en|it|sonetto}} Italian sonetto, {{der|en|pro|sonet||a song}} Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), {{m|pro|son||song, sound}} son (“song, sound”), {{der|en|la|sonus||sound}} Latin sonus (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=sonnetted|pres_ptc2=sonnetting}} sonnet (third-person singular simple present sonnets, present participle sonneting or sonnetting, simple past and past participle sonneted or sonnetted)
  1. (intransitive) To compose sonnets. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sonnet-en-verb-~ZSlhU5A
  2. (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sonnet-en-verb-HPMZ~rj4

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
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        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "sonnet"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shir zaháv",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "szonett"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sonnetta"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "soneto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "soinéad"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sonetto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "ソネット"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "word": "сонет"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "soneteu",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "소네트"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sonet",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "сонет"
        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonets"
        },
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          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sonétto"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "sonètas"
        },
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          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "sonètt"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sonét",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "соне́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "gītakaṁ",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "ഗീതകം"
        },
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonnet"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonett"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonett"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sonet"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "matn-e adabi",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "متن ادبی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sonet"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "soneto"
        },
        {
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sunèt"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sonet"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sonét",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "соне́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonet"
        },
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          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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          "word": "sunettu"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonet"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "soneto"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sonett"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "word": "soneto"
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          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "dalitlit"
        },
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "ซอนเน็ต"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "sone"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "sonét",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "соне́т"
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          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
          "word": "poedot degfolliänik"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
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        "(intransitive) To compose sonnets."
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonnet"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "سونيت"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sonet",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "սոնետ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonetu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "sonet",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "сонет"
    },
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sonét",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соне́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "十四行詩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shísìhángshī",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "十四行诗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "商籟體"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shānglàitǐ",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "商籁体"
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      "code": "co",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sunettu"
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      "code": "co",
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      ],
      "word": "sonettu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sonet"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sonnet"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klinkdicht"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "soneto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonett"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "soneto"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "soneṭi",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "სონეტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sonett"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "sonéto",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "σονέτο"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סוֹנָטָה"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "shir zaháv",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "soneto"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soinéad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "ソネット"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "сонет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "soneteu",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "소네트"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "word": "сонет"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonets"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sonétto"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sonètas"
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      "code": "lmo",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соне́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gītakaṁ",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "ഗീതകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonett"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonett"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "matn-e adabi",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "متن ادبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soneto"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunèt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sonét",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соне́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunettu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soneto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonett"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "soneto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "dalitlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "ซอนเน็ต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sone"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sonét",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соне́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "sonet"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "poedot degfolliänik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verse form consisting of fourteen lines",
      "word": "soned"
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        "To compose sonnets."
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        "(transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɒnɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌnɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒnɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sonnet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/En-us-sonnet.ogg/En-us-sonnet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/En-us-sonnet.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sonnet"
  ],
  "word": "sonnet"
}

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