limerick

Signification (Anglais)

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

Concepts

limerick

Synonymes

rhyme

stanza

verse

funny song

comic song

Traductions

Limerick

humorvolles Lied

αστείο πεντάστιχο

κωμικό πεντάστιχο

limerick

limerick

poema humorístico

versos satíricos

limerick

quintilla

ليمريك

bir

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limerick

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɪm(ə)ɹɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From the Irish town name Limerick, Irish Luimneach [ˈl̪ˠɪmʲənʲəx].