ottava rima

Borrowed from Italian ottava rima (literally “eighth rhyme”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒˌtɑːvə ˈɹiːmə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˌtɑvə ˈɹimə/

ottava rima (usually uncountable, plural ottave rime)

1. (poetry) An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).

• ottava (by ellipsis)

• terza rima

Literally “eighth rhyme”.

• IPA^(key): /otˌta.va ˈri.ma/

ottava rima f (plural ottave rime)

1. (poetry) ottava rima (arrangement of stanzas of eight lines rhyming ab ab ab cc)

• terza rima