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Usually means: Poetic form with repeating refrains.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. villanelle: Merriam-Webster
  2. villanelle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. villanelle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. villanelle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Villanelle, villanelle: Wordnik
  6. villanelle: Wiktionary
  7. villanelle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. villanelle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. villanelle: Dictionary.com
  10. villanelle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Villanelle (Poulenc), Villanelle (character), Villanelle (disambiguation), Villanelle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Villanelle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. villanelle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Villanelle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. villanelle: FreeDictionary.org
  16. villanelle: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. villanelle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. VILLANELLE: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. villanelle: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (villanelle)

▸ noun:  (poetry) A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes.

Similar:
terzanelle, pantoum, terzina, mono-verse, versicle, virelai, tercet, quadran, triolet, quatrain, more...

Phrases:
Codename Villanelle, more...

Adjectives:
favourite, french, other, first, precious, traditional, early, second, italian, recent


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Similar:
terzanelle, pantoum, terzina, mono-verse, versicle, virelai, tercet, quadran, triolet, quatrain, more...

Phrases:
Codename Villanelle, more...

Adjectives:
favourite, french, other, first, precious, traditional, early, second, italian, recent



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