Main Entry: son·net

Pronunciation: \ˈsä-nət\

Function: noun

Etymology: Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound

Date: 1557

: a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme; also : a poem in this pattern