how to pronounce quatrain

/ˈkwɒt.ɹɛɪn/

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quatrain is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of quatrain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… quoted the early quatrain but more on …”

meanings of quatrain

noun:

A poem in four lines.
A stanza of four lines.

quatrain frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word quatrain occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics quatrain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that quatrain can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;