Definitions for tercet

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tercet ter·cet

Spelling: [tur-sit, tur-set]

IPA: /ˈtɜr sɪt, tɜrˈsɛt/

Tercet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in tercet (ceertt).

Definitions for tercet

noun

1. Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
2. Music. triplet (def 5).

Origin of tercet

1590-1600; French Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo third Latin tertius. See -et

Examples for tercet

When there are two verses the stanza is called a couplet; a three line stanza is called a tercet; a four line stanza, a quatrain.

The common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end.