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quadrain

quadrain is the archaic spelling of quatrain.

Meaning of quatrain

Noun

quatrain (plural quatrains)

  1. A poem in four lines.
  2. A stanza of four lines.
    • Example:
    Synonyms:
    tetrastich

Forms of quadrain

pluralquadrains

Questions about quadrain

What is quadrain the archaic spelling of?
Quadrain is the archaic spelling of quatrain.

Words near quadrain in the dictionary

  1. quadragesimo-octavo
  2. quadragesimo-octavos
  3. quadragintillion
  4. quadragintireme
  5. quadragintiremes
  6. quadrain
  7. quadrains
  8. quadral
  9. quadralities
  10. quadrality
  11. quadralogue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quadrain (page history and authors); quatrain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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