Plural of sonnet
regular plural
The plural of sonnet is sonnets.
Forms of sonnet
| Singular | sonnet /ˈsɒnɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sonnets /ˈsɒnɪts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Sonnets in a sentence
- Shakespeare often used volte-faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.From the entry volte-face
- The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.From the entry repunctuate
- Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?From the entry include
- Isaac Rosenberg acutely condemned Rupert Brooke's 'begloried sonnets' for their reliance on 'second-hand phrases'.2011, Geoff Dyer, The Missing of the Somme. From the entry beglory
- The sonnets' most flagrant fault lies in the bathoses into which their final couplets fall.1911, The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, volume 213, page 13. From the entry bathoses
Meaning of sonnet
- noun A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
- verb To compose sonnets.
- verb To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.
Questions about the plural of sonnet
- What is the plural of sonnet?
- The plural of sonnet is sonnets.
- Is sonnet countable?
- Sonnet is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sonnet (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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