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quatrain

/ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/

quatrain noun: a poem in four lines.

Noun

quatrain (plural quatrains)

  1. A poem in four lines.
  2. A stanza of four lines.
    • Example:
    • Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
    Synonyms:
    tetrastich

quatrain meaning in Urdu, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

quatrain in Urdu

دوبیتی, رباعی

quatrain in Tagalog

a stanza of four lines
kuwarteta

quatrain in Arabic

a stanza of four lines
رُبَاعِيّ rubāʕiyy

quatrain in Indonesian

a stanza of four lines
caturlarik, pantun, sajak empat baris
More languagesFewer languages
quatrain in Persian
رباعی robâ'i
quatrain in Vietnamese
thơ bốn câu

Synonyms of quatrain

Forms of quatrain

pluralquatrains

Origin of quatrain

Borrowed from French quatrain.

Questions about quatrain

What does quatrain mean?
Quatrain means a poem in four lines.
What is quatrain in Urdu?
Quatrain in Urdu is دوبیتی, رباعی. See Quatrain meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is quatrain?
Quatrain is a noun.
How do you pronounce quatrain?
Quatrain is pronounced /ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/.
What is the plural of quatrain?
The plural of quatrain is quatrains.

Words near quatrain in the dictionary

  1. quatloos
  2. quatorzain
  3. quatorzains
  4. quatorze
  5. quatorzes
  6. quatrain
  7. quatrains
  8. quatral
  9. quatrals
  10. quatrandorite
  11. quatrayle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: quatrain (page history and authors); quatrain (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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