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Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeon
"시의 첫 번째 연을 크게 읽어 보세요."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
"The poem opens with a melancholic stanza about the changing seasons."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 16th century: from Italian, literally 'stopping place, room', from Late Latin stantia, from Latin stare 'to stand'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "stanza" is said worldwide
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strophe
Transliteration: strophe
"Chaque strophe de ce poème comporte quatre vers."
Strophe
Transliteration: Strophe
"Das Gedicht besteht aus vier Strophen."
strofa
Transliteration: strofa
"La prima strofa della poesia descrive l'alba."
estrofa
Transliteration: estrofa
"El poema está compuesto por cinco estrofas."
estrofe
Transliteration: estrofe
"Ele leu a primeira estrofe com muita emoção."
श्लोक
Transliteration: shlok
"इस कविता का हर श्लोक बहुत सुंदर है।"
诗节
Transliteration: shījié
"这首诗的第一节非常感人。"
연
Transliteration: yeon
"시의 첫 번째 연을 크게 읽어 보세요."
連
Transliteration: ren
"その詩は4行からなるいくつかの連で構成されている。"
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