Stanza

  • 11stanza — stanzaed, adj. stanzaic /stan zay ik/, stanzaical, adj. stanzaically, adv. /stan zeuh/, n. Pros. an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a… …

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  • 12Stanza — En poesía, stanza o estanza, se define como una unidad dentro de un poema largo. En la poesía moderna, el término suele referirse a una estrofa; en la música popular vocal, una stanza suele referirse a un verso. Una stanza consiste de grupos de… …

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  • 13stanza — {{hw}}{{stanza}}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 (raro, lett.) Lo stare in un luogo | Luogo di dimora: prendere stanza in un luogo | (mil.) Essere di –s, avere sede abituale. 2 (gener.) Ambiente interno di un edificio, spec. di un appartamento: stanza da pranzo;… …

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  • 14stanza — [16] Etymologically, a stanza is a place where one ‘stands’ or stops. The word was borrowed from Italian stanza, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *stantia ‘standing, stopping place’, which in turn was derived from the present participle of Latin… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 15stanza — [16] Etymologically, a stanza is a place where one ‘stands’ or stops. The word was borrowed from Italian stanza, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *stantia ‘standing, stopping place’, which in turn was derived from the present participle of Latin… …

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  • 16Stanza — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Stanza peut faire référence à : Stance, une forme littéraire Lexcycle Stanza, un logiciel de lecture de livres électroniques Catégorie : Homonymie …

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  • 17stanza — noun a) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse. Whenever an XMPP client generates an XML stanza, it typically constructs the XML of the stanza by building up a structured document... b) A structural element in… …

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  • 18stanza — UK [ˈstænzə] / US noun [countable] Word forms stanza : singular stanza plural stanzas literature a section of a poem consisting of a group of lines that form a unit in a pattern that is repeated through the whole poem …

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  • 19stanza — [“staenza] n. an inning in baseball or some other division of a ball game. □ He’s doing better than he was in the last stanza. □ Jerry Clay is pitching again in this stanza …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 20stanza — n. 1 the basic metrical unit in a poem or verse consisting of a recurring group of lines (often four lines and usu. not more than twelve) which may or may not rhyme. 2 a group of four lines in some Greek and Latin metres. Derivatives: stanza d… …

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