envoi

Etymology

Borrowed from French envoi.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: envoy

Noun

envoi (plural envois)

1. A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
   • 2009, January 28, “Erica Jeal”, in LSO/Segerstam‎:

     From the pulsing throb of the very opening, this was a detailed, incisive playing, culminating in an envoi glowing enough to provide the catharsis this programme so uncompromisingly demanded.

Anagrams

• ovine

Etymology

From earlier envei, envoy; from the verb envoyer (“to send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.vwa/

• Audio

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Noun

envoi m (plural envois)

1. dispatch, sending (act of sending); shipping
2. (military) dispatch
3. package (something that is sent or dispatches)
4. (poetry) envoi

Further reading

• “envoi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ovine