triolet

English

Etymology

From French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt/, /ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/

Noun

triolet (plural triolets)

1. (poetry) An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

   Coordinate term: sestina

   • 2005, Connie Homan Weaver, Poetry a la Carte, Prufrock Press Inc., →ISBN, page 110:

     The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.

Derived terms

• biolet
• trioletic

Translations

An eight-line poem

Armenian: տրիոլետ (hy) (triolet) Belarusian: трыяле́т m (tryjaljét) Danish: please add this translation if you can Estonian: triolett Finnish: trioletti Georgian: ტრიოლეტი (ṭrioleṭi) German: Triolett n Greek: τριολέτο (el) n (trioléto) Hungarian: triolett Italian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: triolets m Lithuanian: triolètas m Polish: triolet (pl) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: триоле́т (ru) m (triolét) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: triolett c Ukrainian: тріоле́т m (triolét)

Further reading

• triolet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “triolet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• tortile

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪjolɛt]

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletů
dative	trioletu	trioletům
accusative	triolet	triolety
vocative	triolete	triolety
locative	trioletu	trioletech
instrumental	trioletem	triolety

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “triolet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “triolet”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtri.(j)oːˈlɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tri‧o‧let

Noun

triolet m or f or n (plural trioletten, diminutive trioletje n)

1. (poetry) triolet

References

• “triolet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

From tri- +‎ -ole +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.jɔ.lɛ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: triolets

Noun

triolet m (plural triolets)

1. (poetry) triplet, triolet
2. (music) triplet

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

triolet

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrjɔ.lɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlɛt
• Syllabification: trio‧let

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletów
dative	trioletowi	trioletom
accusative	triolet	triolety
instrumental	trioletem	trioletami
locative	triolecie	trioletach
vocative	triolecie	triolety

Derived terms

adjective

• trioletowy

Further reading

• triolet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French triolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri.oˈlet/

Noun

triolet n (plural triolete)

1. (poetry) triolet
2. (music) triplet

Declension

Declension of triolet

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	triolet	trioletul		triolete	trioletele
genitive-dative	triolet	trioletului		triolete	trioletelor
vocative	trioletule			trioletelor

Further reading

• “triolet”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtriɔlet]

Noun

triolet m inan

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

Declension of triolet
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	triolet	triolety
genitive	trioletu	trioletov
dative	trioletu	trioletom
accusative	triolet	triolety
locative	triolete	trioletoch
instrumental	trioletom	trioletmi

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triɔléːt/

Noun

triolẹ̑t m animacy unspecified

1. (poetry) triolet

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	triolet
gen. sing.	trioleta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	triolet	trioleta	trioleti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	trioleta	trioletov	trioletov
dative (dajȃlnik)	trioletu	trioletoma	trioletom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	triolet	trioleta	triolete
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	trioletu	trioletih	trioletih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	trioletom	trioletoma	trioleti

Further reading

• “triolet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025