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cinquain

American  
[sing-keyn, sing-keyn] / sɪŋˈkeɪn, ˈsɪŋ keɪn /

noun

  1. a group of five.

  2. Prosody.

    1. a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.

    2. any stanza of five lines.

cinquain British  
/ ˈsɪŋkeɪn, sɪŋˈkeɪn /

noun

  1. a stanza of five lines

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Etymology

Origin of cinquain

1705–15; < French < Late Latin cinque ( see cinque) + French -ain collective suffix. See quatrain

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