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[ English

[ Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιέω/ποιῶ (poiéo/poió), meaning I create/make/do/cause.

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpʰoʊ̯.ətˌɹi/
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[ Noun

Singular
poetry

Plural
uncountable

poetry (uncountable)

The class of literature comprising poems.
Composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns.

[ Coordinate terms

prose

[ Translations

class of literature

Czech: poezie cs(cs) f.
Estonian: luule
Finnish: runous fi(fi)
French: poésie fr(fr) f.
Hungarian: költészet hu(hu)

Japanese: 詩 ja(ja) (shi), 詩歌 ja(ja) (shīka)
Portuguese: poesia pt(pt) f.
Russian: поэзия ru(ru) (poézija) f.
Spanish: poesía es(es) f.
Swedish: poesi c.

composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns

Hungarian: költemény hu(hu)
Japanese: 韻文 ja(ja) (inbun)

Russian: поэзия ru(ru) (poézija) f.

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Albanian: poezi
Arabic: شعر (šiʕr) m.
Azerbaijani: poeziya
Bulgarian: поезия (poeziǎ) f.
CJKV Characters: 詩, 诗
Chinese: 诗歌 (shīgē)
Croatian: poezija
Dutch: poëzie
Esperanto: poezio
Georgian: პოეზია (p‘oezia)
German: Poesie, Dichtung, Dichtkunst
Greek: ποίηση (píisi) f.
Hebrew: שירה (shirá) f.
Indonesian: puisi
Irish: fílíocht f.
Italian: poesia

Korean: 시 (si)
Latvian: dzeja
Lithuanian: poezija
Malayalam: കവിത (kavitha)
Persian: چامه سرایی (čâme sarâyī)
Polish: poezja f.
Romanian: poetică
Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f., filidheachd f.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: поезија f.

Latin: poezija f.
Slovak: poézia f.
Turkish: şıır
Uyghur: erkin shéir
Vietnamese: thơ
Welsh: barddas
Yiddish: (poezie)

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