poema

See also: poéma

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).

Noun

poema m (plural poemes)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

   Synonym: poesía

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /poˈə.mə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /puˈɛ.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /poˈe.ma/

Etymology

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).

Noun

poema m (plural poemes)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

   Synonym: poesia

Related terms

• poesia
• poeta
• poètic

 

Further reading

• “poema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “poema” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “poema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “poema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

poema m (plural poema's, diminutive poemaatje n)

1. puma

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).

Noun

poema m (plural poemas)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

   Synonym: poesía

Related terms

• poesía
• poeta
• poético

 

Further reading

• “poema” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).

Noun

poema m (plural poemi)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

   Synonym: poesia

Related terms

• poesia
• poeta
• poetico

 

Further reading

• poema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /poˈeː.ma/, [pɔˈeː.ma]

Noun

poēma n (genitive poēmatis); third declension

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)
2. poetry

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	poēma	poēmata
Genitive	poēmatis	poēmatum
Dative	poēmatī	poēmatibus
Accusative	poēma	poēmata
Ablative	poēmate	poēmatibus
Vocative	poēma	poēmata

The plural is also declined like 2nd declension neuter.

Descendants

• Asturian: poema
• Catalan: poema
• French: poème
• Galician: poema
• Italian: poema
• Portuguese: poema
• Spanish: poema

References

• poema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• poema in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• poema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to write poetry: poema condere, facere, componere
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpwe.mɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈe.mɐ/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɔˈẽ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: po‧e‧ma

Noun

poema m (plural poemas)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:poema.

Related terms

• poesia
• poeta
• poético

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈema/

Noun

poema m (plural poemas)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)

   Synonym: poesía

Derived terms

• poema sinfónico

Related terms

• poesía
• poeta
• poético

 

Further reading

• “poema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.