poésie

See also: poesie, Poesie, and poësie

French

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Alternative forms

• poësie (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poēsia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.e.zi/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: poésies

Noun

poésie f (plural poésies)

1. poetry

Related terms

• poème
• poète
• poétique

Descendants

• → Danish: poesi
• → Dutch: poëzie
  • Afrikaans: poësie
  • → Indonesian: puisi
  • → Malay: puisi
• → German: Poesie
• → Russian: поэ́зия (poézija)
  • → Kazakh: поэзия (poéziä)

Further reading

• “poésie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.