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Etymology
From Middle English poetrye poetrie Old French pöeterie pöetrie Medieval Latin poētria poēta ( “ poet ” ) , from Ancient Greek ποιητής ( poiētḗs , “ poet; author; maker ” ) . Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft
Pronunciation
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Noun
poetry (usually uncountable , plural poetries
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm .
Synonyms: ( archaic ) poesy verse Antonym: prose A poet 's literary production .
( figurative ) artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions , in any medium ; something having such a quality.
That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.
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literature composed in verse
Afrikaans: digkuns poësie (af)
Albanian: poezi (sq) f ( indefinite ) , poezia f ( definite )
Arabic: شِعْر (ar) m ( šiʕr )
Egyptian Arabic: شعر m ( šiʕr )
Aragonese: poesía f
Armenian: պոեզիա (hy) ( poezia ) , բանաստեղծություն (hy) ( banasteġcutʻyun )
Aromanian: puizii f ( indefinite ) , puizia f ( definite )
Assamese: কবিতা ( kobita )
Asturian: poesía f
Azerbaijani: şeir poeziya
Bashkir: шиғриәт ( şiğriət )
Basque: olerkigintza
Belarusian: паэ́зія f ( paézija )
Bengali: কবিতা (bn) ( kobita )
Breton: barzhoniezh (br) f
Bulgarian: пое́зия (bg) f ( poézija )
Burmese: ကဗျာ (my) ( ka.bya )
Catalan: poesia (ca) f
Cebuano: balak
Chakma: 𑄇𑄧𑄝𑄨𑄖 ( kabitā )
Chinese:
Hokkien: 歌詩 ／ 歌诗 (zh-min-nan) ( koa-si ) , 詩歌 ／ 诗歌 ( si-koa )
Mandarin: 詩歌 ／ 诗歌 (zh) ( shīgē ) , 詩 ／ 诗 (zh) ( shī )
Cornish: bardhonieth f prydydhieth f
Corsican: puesia
Czech: poezie (cs) f
Danish: poesi c digtekunst c lyrik c digtning c
Dutch: poëzie (nl) , dichtkunst (nl)
Esperanto: poezio
Estonian: luule
Faroese: skaldskapur á bundnum máli m yrkingarlist f
Finnish: runous (fi)
French: poésie (fr) f
Galician: poesía (gl) f
Georgian: პოეზია ( ṗoezia )
German: Dichtkunst (de) f Poesie (de) f
Greek: ποιητική (el) f ( poiitikí ) , ποίηση (el) f ( poíisi )
Ancient: ποιητική f ( poiētikḗ )
Guaraní: ñe'ẽpoty (gn)
Hebrew: שִׁירָה (he) f ( shirá )
Hindi: काव्य (hi) m ( kāvya ) , कविता (hi) f ( kavitā )
Hungarian: költészet (hu)
Icelandic: ljóðlist (is) n
Ido: poezio (io)
Indonesian: puisi (id)
Irish: filíocht (ga) f
Italian: poesia (it) f
Japanese: 詩 (ja) ( し, shi ) , 詩歌 (ja) ( しいか, shiika )
Kannada: ಕವನ (kn) ( kavana )
Kapampangan: kauatasan keuatasan kawatasan kewatasan
Karakalpak: poeziya
Kazakh: поэзия (kk) ( poéziä )
Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) ( kɑmnaap )
Korean: 시(詩) (ko) ( si ) , 시가(詩歌) (ko) ( siga )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: helbest (ku)
Kyrgyz: поэзия (ky) ( poeziya )
Lao: ກາບກອນ (lo) ( kāp kǭn )
Latin: poesis (la) f
Latvian: dzeja f
Lithuanian: poèzija f
Luxembourgish: Poesie f
Macedonian: пое́зија f ( poézija )
Malay: puisi
Malayalam: കവിത (ml) ( kavita )
Maori: toikupu
Marathi: काव्य n ( kāvya )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шүлэг (mn) ( šüleg )
Nepali: कविता (ne) ( kavitā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dikt (no) , poesi (no)
Nynorsk: poesi
Occitan: poesia (oc) f
Old English: lēoþcræft m
Oromo: walaloo
Ossetian: поэзи ( poèzi )
Persian: شِعر (fa) ( še'r ) , نَظم (fa) ( nazm )
Polish: poezja (pl) f
Portuguese: poesia (pt) f
Rohingya: cáaeri
Romanian: poezie (ro) f ( indefinite ) , poezia f ( definite )
Russian: поэ́зия (ru) f ( poézija )
Samogitian: puoezėjė f
Sanskrit: कविता (sa) f ( kavitā )
Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀е̄зија f пе̏снӣштво n пје̏снӣштво n
Roman: pòēzija (sh) f pȅsnīštvo (sh) n pjȅsnīštvo (sh) n
Slovak: poézia (sk) f
Slovene: pesništvo n poezija f
Spanish: poesía (es) f
Swahili: ushairi (sw)
Swedish: poesi (sv) c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: panulaan
Tajik: назм ( nazm )
Tamil: கவிதை (ta) ( kavitai )
Tatar: шигърият (tt) ( şiğriyat )
Telugu: కవిత (te) ( kavita ) , కవిత్వం (te) ( kavitvaṁ )
Thai: กวีนิพนธ์ (th) ( gà-wii-ní-pon )
Turkish: şiir (tr)
Turkmen: goşgy şygyr
Ukrainian: пое́зія (uk) ( poézija )
Urdu: شعر (ur) ( śe'r )
Uzbek: sheʻriyat poeziya (uz)
Vietnamese: thơ ca (vi) , thi ca (vi) , thơ (vi)
Volapük: poedav (vo)
Welsh: barddoniaeth (cy) f prydyddiaeth f
Yiddish: דיכטונג f ( dikhtung ) , פּאָעזיע f ( poezye )
a poet's literary production
poetical quality, artistic and/or artful, which appeals or stirs the imagination
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