English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ]
poëm ( rare or archaic ) poeme ( rare or archaic )
Etymology [ edit ] From Latin poēma Ancient Greek ποίημα poiēma ), from ποιέω poiēo , “ I make ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˈpəʊ̯ɪm/ , [ˈpʰəʊ̯ɪm] ( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈpoʊ̯əm/ , [ˈpʰoʊ̯əm] , /poʊ̯m/
poem (plural poems
A literary piece written in verse .
2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz , “Ode to Prime Numbers ”, American Scientist
Some poems , echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry , an instance of poetry .
A piece of poetic writing , that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose .
Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Holonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
literary piece written in verse
Afrikaans: gedig n
Albanian: poemë
Arabic: قصيدة f qaṣīda )
Asturian: poema m poesía f
Azeri: şeir
Bashkir: шиғыр šiğïr )
Belarusian: верш m vjerš )
Bengali: please add this translation if you can Burmese: ကဗျာ (my) (gəbyà )
Catalan: poema m poesia (ca) f oda f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 詩 诗 si1 )
Mandarin: 詩 (zh) , 诗 (zh) (shī )
Czech: báseň (cs) f
Danish: digt n
Dutch: gedicht (nl) n vers (nl) n
Faroese: kvæði n ljóð n
Finnish: runo (fi)
French: poème (fr) m
Galician: poema m poesía (gl) f
German: Gedicht (de) n
Greek: ποίημα (el) n poíima )
Hebrew: שיר (he) m shir )
Hindi: कविता f kavitā ), पद्य padya )
Hungarian: vers (hu)
Icelandic: ljóð (is) n kvæði (is) n dikt n skáldskapur m
Ido: poemo (io)
Indonesian: syair (id)
Irish: dán (ga) m
Italian: poema m poesia (it) f
Japanese: 詩 (ja) (し, shi ), 詩歌 (ja) (しいか, shiika )
Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) (kɑmnaap )
Korean: 시 (ko) (si ) (詩 (ko) )
Lao: ກາບກອນ (lo) (kaap-köön ), ກອນ kawn )
Latin: fabula (la)
Luxembourgish: Gedicht
Malayalam: കവിത (ml) (kavita )
Maltese: poeżija f
Middle Persian: cagāmag
Norwegian: dikt (no) , episk dikt
Occitan: poèma
Old Norse: kvæði n ljóð n dikt n skáldskapr m
Persian: شعر (fa) (š'er ), چامه (fa) (čâme )
Polish: wiersz (pl) m poemat m
Portuguese: poema (pt) m poesia (pt) f
Romanian: poem (ro)
Russian: стихотворение (ru) n stixotvorénije ) (plural: стихи (ru) m pl stixí )), стих (ru) m stix ), поэма (ru) f poéma ) ( large poem )
Scottish Gaelic: dàn m duan m òran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спев m поема f песма f стихови m pl
Roman: spev m poema f pesma f stihovi m pl
Slovak: báseň f
Slovene: pesem (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: baseń f
Spanish: poema (es) m poesía (es) f oda (es) f
Swahili: shairi (sw)
Swedish: dikt (sv) c poem (sv) n skaldverk n
Tajik: шеър šeʾr )
Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavithai )
Telugu: పద్యము (te) (padyamu ), కవిత (te) (kavita )
Thai: กลอน (th) (klawn )
Turkish: nazım (tr) , şiir (tr) , manzume (tr) , koşuk (tr)
Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)
Volapük: poedot (vo) , ( love ) lelöfapoedot
piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
Maltese: poeżija f
Norwegian: dikt (no)
Old Norse: kvæði n ljóð n dikt n
Polish: poezja (pl) f wiersz (pl) f
Portuguese: poema (pt) m poesia (pt) f
Russian: стихотворение (ru) n stixotvorénije ), стих (ru) m stix ), поэма (ru) f poéma ) ( large poem )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стихотворство n песништвo n стихови m pl поема f пјесма f
Roman: stihotvorstvo n pesništvo n stihovi m pl poema f pjesma f
Slovene: pesem (sl) f poezija f
Swahili: shairi (sw)
Swedish: dikt (sv) c poem (sv) n
Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavithai )
Telugu: పద్యం (te) (padyam ), కవిత (te) (kavita )
Turkish: şiir (tr)
Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)
piece of poetic writing
Norwegian: dikt (no)
Polish: poemat m wiersz (pl) m
Portuguese: poema (pt) m poesia (pt) f
Russian: стихотворение (ru) n stixotvorénije ), стих (ru) m stix ), поэма (ru) f poéma ) ( large poem )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стихотворина m pl поема f песма f стихови m pl
Roman: stihotvorina m pl poema f pesma f stihovi m pl
Slovene: pesem (sl) f poezija f
Swahili: ushairi (sw)
Swedish: dikt (sv) c poem (sv) n
Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavithai )
Telugu: పద్యం (te) (padyam ), కవిత (te) (kavita )
Thai: กลอน (th) (klawn )
Turkish: şiir (tr)
Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)
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External links [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Latin poēma Ancient Greek ποίημα poiēma ), from ποιέω poiēo , “ I make ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] poem (plural poems
poem
Swedish [ edit ] poem n
poem
Declension [ edit ] Vilamovian [ edit ] poem n
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