English Explanatory Dictionary

pantoum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/pænˈtuːm/

Word forms

pantoum pantoums

Etymology

From French pantoum, from Malay pantun.

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