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Definitions for Stanza

[1] an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
[2] prosody a fixed number of verse lines arranged in a definite metrical pattern, forming a unit of a poem
[3] US and Australian a half or a quarter in a football match

Words related to Stanza

verse, refrain, strophe, division, stave

Words nearby Stanza

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Origin of Stanza

1580–90; < Italian: room, station, stopping-place (plural stanze ) < Vulgar Latin *stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns ), present participle of stāre to stand + -ia -y3

Other words from Stanza

stan·zaed , adjective
stan·za·ic [stan-zey -ik] /stænˈzeɪ ɪk/ , stan·za·i·cal , adjective
stan·za·i·cal·ly , adverb
non·stan·za·ic , adjective
un·stan·za·ic , adjective

Word origin for Stanza

C16: from Italian: halting place, from Vulgar Latin stantia (unattested) station, from Latin stāre to stand

Synonyms for Stanza

verse, refrain, strophe