ottava rima

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ottava rima (literally “eighth rhyme”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒˌtɑːvə ˈɹiːmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˌtɑvə ˈɹimə/

Noun

ottava rima (usually uncountable, plural ottave rime)

1. (poetry) An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).

Synonyms

• ottava (by ellipsis)

Related terms

• terza rima

Translations

arrangement of stanzas of eight lines rhyming ab ab ab cc

• Armenian: օկտավ (hy) (ōktav)
• Belarusian: акта́ва f (aktáva)
• Catalan: octava reial f
• Czech: stance (cs) f, ottava rima f
• French: ottava rima f
• Galician: oitava real f
• German: Oktave (de) f, Stanze (de) f
• Greek: οκτάβα (el) f (oktáva)
• Hebrew: אוֹטַאבַה רִימַה f (otávah rímah), ^{(please verify)} אוֹטַאבַה רִימַה f (al ha-shminít)
• Italian: ottava rima f
• Japanese: オッターヴァ・リーマ (ottāva rīma), ^{(please verify)} 八行詩体 (はちいんくほう, hachiinkuhō)
• Occitan: ueitau rima f, uechena rima f
• Polish: oktawa (pl) f
• Russian: окта́ва (ru) f (oktáva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: италијанска окта́ва f, окта́ва ри́ма f

  Latin: italijanska oktáva f, oktáva ríma f

• Slovene: stanca (sl) f, oktava (sl) f
• Spanish: octava real f
• Swedish: stans (sv) c
• Ukrainian: окта́ва f (oktáva)

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “eighth rhyme”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /otˈta.va ˈri.ma/
• Hyphenation: ot‧tà‧va‧rì‧ma

Noun

ottava rima f (plural ottave rime)

1. (poetry) ottava rima (arrangement of stanzas of eight lines rhyming ab ab ab cc)

Related terms

• terza rima

Anagrams

• attiravamo, riattavamo