villanelle
pronunciation
How to pronounce villanelle in British English:
UK [ˌvɪlə'nel]
How to pronounce villanelle in American English:
US [ˌvɪlə'nel]
Word Origin
- villanelle (n.)
- poetic form (or a poem in this form) of five 3-lined stanzas and a final quatrain, with only two rhymes throughout, usually of pastoral or lyric nature, 1580s, from French villanelle, from Italian villanella "ballad, rural song," from fem. of villanello "rustic," from Medieval Latin villanus (see villain).