poetry

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Alternative forms

• poëtry (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊɪtɹi/, [ˈpəʊʷətɹɪ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊətɹi/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯.ətˌɹi]

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: po‧et‧ry

Noun

poetry (usually uncountable, plural poetries)

2. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

   Synonyms: (archaic) poesy, verse

   Antonym: prose

   • 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:

     More people write poetry than read it.

3. A poet's literary production.
4. (figurative) An 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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:poetry.

Derived terms

• concrete poetry
• dub poetry
• epic poetry
• found poetry
• graveyard poetry
• jazz poetry
• lyric poetry
• magnetic poetry
• Martian poetry
• performance poetry
• poetry in motion
• poetry reading
• poetry slam
• shape poetry
• slam poetry
• sound poetry
• visual poetry

 

Related terms

• poet
• poetess
• poetic
• poeticize
• poetics
• poetize

 

Translations

literature composed in verse

• Afrikaans: digkuns, poësie (af)
• Albanian: poezi (sq) f (indefinite), poezia f (definite)
• Arabic: شِعْر (ar) m (šiʕr)

  Egyptian Arabic: شعر m (šiʕr)

• Aragonese: poesía f
• Armenian: պոեզիա (hy) (poezia), բանաստեղծություն (hy) (banasteġcutʻyun)
• Aromanian: puizii f (indefinite), puizia f (definite)
• Assamese: কবিতা (kobita)
• 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
• Chakma: 𑄇𑄧𑄝𑄨𑄖 (kabitā)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 歌詩／歌诗 (zh-min-nan) (koa-si), 詩歌／诗歌 (si-koa)

  Mandarin: 詩歌／诗歌 (zh) (shīgē), 詩／诗 (zh) (shī)

• 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), ποίηση (el) f (poíisi)

  Ancient: ποιητική f (poiētikḗ)

• Guaraní: ñe'ẽpoty (gn)
• Hebrew: שִׁירָה (he) f (shirá)
• Hindi: काव्य (hi) m (kāvya), कविता (hi) f (kavitā)
• Hungarian: költészet (hu)
• Icelandic: ljóðlist (is) n
• 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: kauatasan, keuatasan, kawatasan, kewatasan
• Karakalpak: poeziya
• Kazakh: поэзия (kk) (poéziä)
• Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) (kɑmnaap)
• Korean: 시(詩) (ko) (si), 시가(詩歌) (ko) (siga)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: helbest (ku)

• 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)
• Maori: toikupu
• Marathi: काव्य n (kāvya)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: шүлэг (mn) (šüleg)

• Nepali: कविता (ne) (kavitā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dikt (no), poesi (no)

  Nynorsk: poesi

• Occitan: poesia (oc) f
• Old English: lēoþcræft m
• Oromo: walaloo
• Ossetian: поэзи (poèzi)
• Persian: شِعر (fa) (še'r), نَظم (fa) (nazm)
• Polish: poezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: poesia (pt) f
• Rohingya: cáaeri
• Romanian: poezie (ro) f (indefinite), poezia f (definite)
• Russian: поэ́зия (ru) f (poézija)
• Samogitian: puoezėjė f
• Sanskrit: कविता (sa) f (kavitā)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀е̄зија f, пе̏снӣштво n, пје̏снӣштво n

  Roman: pòēzija (sh) f, pȅsnīštvo (sh) n, pjȅsnīštvo (sh) n

• Slovak: poézia (sk) f
• Slovene: pesništvo n, poezija f
• Spanish: poesía (es) f
• Swahili: ushairi (sw)
• Swedish: poesi (sv) c
• Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: panulaan
• Tajik: назм (nazm)
• Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
• Tatar: шигърият (tt) (şiğriyat)
• Telugu: కవిత (te) (kavita), కవిత్వం (te) (kavitvaṁ)
• Thai: กวีนิพนธ์ (th) (gà-wii-ní-pon)
• Turkish: şiir (tr)
• Turkmen: goşgy, şygyr
• Ukrainian: пое́зія (uk) (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

• Bashkir: шиғриәт (şiğriət)
• Bulgarian: поезия (bg) (poezija)
• Catalan: poesia (ca) f
• Dutch: poëzie (nl), dichtwerk (nl) n
• Galician: poesía (gl) f
• Greek: ποίηση (el) f (poíisi), ποιήματα (el) n pl (poiímata)

  Ancient: ποίησις f (poíēsis)

• Polish: poezje (pl) f pl
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f
• Spanish: poesía (es) f

poetical quality, artistic and/or artful, which appeals or stirs the imagination

• Bulgarian: поетичност f (poetičnost)
• Catalan: poeticitat f
• Dutch: poëzie (nl)
• Galician: poeticidade f
• Greek: ποίηση (el) f (poíisi)
• Polish: poezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: poesia (pt) f, poeticidade (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f
• Slovak: poézia (sk) f
• Spanish: poeticidad f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} poeziya
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} dichtwerk (nl) n
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} poezio
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} პოეზია (ṗoezia)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Poesie (de), ^{(please verify)} Dichtung (de), ^{(please verify)} Dichtkunst (de)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} ποίηση (el) f (poíisi)

  Ancient: ^{(please verify)} ποίησις f (poíēsis)

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} puisi (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} poesia (it)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 韻文 (ja) (いんぶん, inbun)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 시 (ko) (si)
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} dzeja
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} poezija
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} കവിത (ml) (kavita)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} چامه سرایی (čâme sarâyi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} poetică (ro)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} şıır
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} thơ (vi)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} barddas

Anagrams

• Proyet, Torpey, tropey