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pantoum

/pænˈtuːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pan-toum
IPA
/pænˈtuːm/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeated as the first and third lines of the next.

Etymology

From French pantoum, from Malay pantun.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pantoums (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce pantoum?
The recorded pronunciation is /pænˈtuːm/.
What does pantoum mean?
A poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeated as the first and third lines of the next.
Where does pantoum come from?
It is traced to French.

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