English Alternative forms Etymology From Middle English poetrye poetrie Old French pöeterie pöetrie Medieval Latin poētria poēta ( “ poet ” ) , from Ancient Greek ποιητής ( poiētḗs , “ poet; author; maker ” ) .
Pronunciation 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.
Quotations Derived terms Related terms Translations literature composed in verse
Albanian: poezi (sq) f
Arabic: شِعْر (ar) m ( šiʕr )
Egyptian Arabic: شعر m ( šiʿr )
Aragonese: poesía f
Armenian: պոեզիա (hy) ( poezia ) , բանաստեղծություն (hy) ( banasteġcutʻyun )
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
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詩歌 ／ 诗歌 (zh) ( shīgē ) , 诗歌 (zh) ( shīgē ) , 詩 ／ 诗 (zh) ( shī ) , 诗 (zh) ( shī )
Min Nan: 歌詩 ／ 歌诗 (zh-min-nan) , 歌诗 ( koa-si ) , 詩歌 ／ 诗歌 诗歌 ( si-koa )
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 )
Ancient: ποιητική f ( poiētikḗ )
Hebrew: שִׁירָה (he) f ( shirá )
Hindi: काव्य (hi) m ( kāvya ) , कविता (hi) f ( kavitā )
Hungarian: költészet (hu)
Icelandic: ljóðlist (is)
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: kawatasan kewatasan
Karakalpak: poeziya
Kazakh: поэзия (kk) ( poéziä )
Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) ( kɑmnaap )
Korean: 시 (ko) ( si ) (詩 (ko) )
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(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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 )
Marathi: काव्य n ( kāvya )
Mongolian: шүлэг (mn) ( šüleg )
Nepali: कविता (ne) ( kavitā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dikt (no) , poesi (no)
Nynorsk: poesi
Occitan: poesia (oc) f
Ossetian: поэзи ( poèzi )
Persian: شعر (fa) ( še'r ) , نظم (fa) ( nazm )
Polish: poezja (pl) f
Portuguese: poesia (pt) f
Romanian: poezie (ro)
Russian: поэ́зия (ru) f ( poézija )
Samogitian: puoezėjė f
Sanskrit: कविता (sa) f ( kavitā )
Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀е̄зија f песништво n
Roman: pòēzija (sh) f pjȅsnīštvo (sh) n
Slovak: poézia (sk) f
Slovene: pesništvo n
Spanish: poesía (es) f
Swahili: ushairi (sw)
Swedish: poesi (sv) c
Tagalog: panulaan
Tajik: назм ( nazm )
Tamil: கவிதை (ta) ( kavitai )
Tatar: шигърият (tt) ( şiğriyat )
Telugu: కవిత (te) ( kavita ) , కవిత్వం (te) ( kavitvaṁ )
Thai: กวีนิพนธ์ (th) ( gàwee nípon )
Turkish: şiir (tr)
Turkmen: goşgy şygyr
Ukrainian: пое́зія ( 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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