cinquain
[ sing-keyn, sing-keyn ]
noun
a group of five.
Prosody.
a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.
any stanza of five lines.
Origin of cinquain
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British Dictionary definitions for cinquain
cinquain
/ (sɪŋˈkeɪn, ˈsɪŋkeɪn) /
noun
a stanza of five lines
Origin of cinquain
1C18 (in the sense: a military company of five): from French cinq five, from Latin quinque; compare quatrain
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