# villanelle

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɪləˈnɛl/

## Definitions
1. A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes.

## Etymology
From the French villanelle, from Italian villanella, from villano (“peasant”), from Latin vīllānus (“farmhand”), from vīlla (“estate”). The origin references the pastoral themes originally associated with this form.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/villanelle