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villanels

villanels is the plural of villanel.

Meaning of villanel

Noun

villanel (plural villanels)

  1. (obsolete) A ballad.
    • she may come into comparison with the greatest beauty of poetry perfected by art: as we see in our Gascon villanels and the songs that are brought us from nations that have no knowledge of any manner of sciencec. 1685-1686, Charles Cotton, the Essays of M. de Montaigne

Questions about villanels

What is villanels the plural of?
Villanels is the plural of villanel.

Words near villanels in the dictionary

  1. villanellas
  2. villanelle
  3. villanelles
  4. villanellist
  5. villanellists
  6. villanels
  7. villanette
  8. villanettes
  9. Villani
  10. villanies
  11. Villanis

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