tercet

Noun

Meaning

A triplet.

A triplet; a group of three lines.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shamrock trinity trine triune three book tierce triple ternary triad leash triumvirate trey trio triplet
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Antonyms

smooth

Hypernyms

figure digit

Examples

A tercet also ends sestinas where the keywords of the lines before are repeated in a highly ordered form. Source: Internet

Henderson translated every hokku and haiku into a rhymed tercet (a-b-a), whereas the Japanese originals never used rhyme. Source: Internet

There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Tercerista Tercero terceroon terchebin terchebulin terchlorid