stanza
pronunciation
How to pronounce stanza in British English:
UK [ˈstænzə]
How to pronounce stanza in American English:
US [ˈstænzə]
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- Noun:
- a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Word Origin
- stanza
- stanza: [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 stāre ‘stand’ (source of English stage, state, station, etc). Its application to a ‘verse of poetry’ arose in Italian from the notion of ‘stopping’ at the end of a section. Stanza was borrowed into French as stance, from which English gets stance [16].=> stance, stand, state, station
- stanza (n.)
- "group of rhymed verse lines," 1580s, from Italian stanza "verse of a poem," originally "standing, stopping place," from Vulgar Latin *stantia "a stanza of verse," so called from the stop at the end of it, from Latin stantem (nominative stans), present participle of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm" (see stet). Related: Stanzaic.
Example
- 1. State international precious stone stanza you are welcomes !
- 2. A poem or stanza containing eight lines .
- 3. But in other versions , each stanza is unique .
- 4. I don 't think this stanza detracts from the integrity of the poem .
- 5. A popular software application on apple 's iphone , called stanza , already turns that device into a book reader , with one-handed page turning that is ideal for public transport .