quatrain
/ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/noun
quatrain is spelled Q-U-A-T-R-A-I-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quatrain means “A poem in four lines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quatrain is quatrains.
How many letters and syllables are in quatrain?
| Letters | 8: Q-U-A-T-R-A-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is quatrain?
Quatrain appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce quatrain?
- /ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quatrain.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of quatrain
- quatrains plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quatrain mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A poem in four lines.
- 2
A stanza of four lines.
Example:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quatrain in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a stanza of four lines:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | quatrain |
| German | Quartett |
| Portuguese | quarteto, quadra |
| Spanish | cuarteto, cuarteta, redondilla, serventesio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quatrain come from?
Borrowed from French quatrain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).