poetic
See also: poètic
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Doublet of poietic.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /poʊˈɛtɪk/
Audio (RP) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
AdjectiveEdit
poetic (comparative more poetic, superlative most poetic)
- Relating to poetry.
- Iambics are one form of poetic meter.
- 2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
- 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.
- Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
- Connecting to the soul of the beholder. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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TranslationsEdit
relating to poetry
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characteristic of poets
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FriulianEdit
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poetic
InterlinguaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
poetic (comparative plus poetic, superlative le plus poetic)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin poeticus or Italian poetico or French poétique.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
poetic m or n (feminine singular poetică, masculine plural poetici, feminine and neuter plural poetice)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of poetic
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indefinite | poetic | poetică | poetici | poetice | ||
definite | poeticul | poetica | poeticii | poeticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | poetic | poetice | poetici | poetice | ||
definite | poeticului | poeticei | poeticilor | poeticelor |