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envoi en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑn.vɔɪ/ (US)
• /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ (UK)
• /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ (US)
• /ˈɒ̃.vwɑː/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French envoi.

Meanings

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.
   • 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. 2009 January 28, Erica Jeal, “LSO/Segerstam”, in The Guardian:

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