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sonnet

/ˈsɒnɪt/SO-nit
/ˈsɑnɪt/SAH-nit

Meaninga little sound, a song

Common meaning: a fourteen-line poem

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SWAN‘resound, sound’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 453, p. 746 · scan
  2. Latinsonumsource
  3. Italiansonetto‘a sonnet, canzonet’source
  4. Englishsonnet‘a fourteen-line poem’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin sonum ‘a little sound, a song’.

Roots

  • sonum Latin “a little sound, a song”

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