poetic

See also: poètic

English

Alternative forms

• poetick (obsolete)
• poetical

Etymology

From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Doublet of poietic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊˈɛt.ɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊˈɛt.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pəʉˈet.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

poetic (comparative more poetic, superlative most poetic)

1. 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.

2. Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc.
3. Connecting to the soul of the beholder. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Antonyms

• prosaic

Derived terms

• poetically
• poetic bent
• poetic justice
• poetic licence
• pseudopoetic
• wax poetic

 

Related terms

• poem
• poet
• poetics
• poetry

 

Translations

relating to poetry

• Afrikaans: digterlik
• Arabic: شِعْرِيّ‎ (šiʕriyy)
• Bashkir: шиғри (şiğri)
• Bulgarian: поетичен (bg) (poetičen)
• Catalan: poètic
• Dutch: poëtisch (nl), dichterlijk (nl)
• Finnish: runollinen (fi)
• French: poétique (fr)
• Galician: poético (gl)
• German: dichterisch (de), poetisch (de)
• Greek: ποιητικός (el) m (poiitikós)

  Ancient: ποιητικός (poiētikós)

• Interlingua: poetic
• Italian: poetico (it)
• Kazakh: ақындық (aqyndyq), поэтикалық (poétikalyq), поэзиялық (poéziälyq)
• Malayalam: കാവ്യ (ml) (kāvya), കാവ്യാത്മക (kāvyātmaka)
• Old English: sċoplīċ, lēoþlīċ
• Polish: poetycki (pl)
• Portuguese: poético (pt)
• Romanian: poetic (ro)
• Russian: поэти́ческий (ru) (poetíčeskij), поэти́чный (ru) (poetíčnyj)
• Scots: poetic
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: pjȅsničkī (sh), pòetskī (sh)

• Spanish: poético (es)
• Swedish: poetisk (sv)
• Telugu: కవితాత్మక (kavitātmaka)
• Turkish: şiirsel (tr)
• Welsh: barddol (cy)
• Yiddish: פּאָעטיש‎ (poetish)

characteristic of poets

• Catalan: poètic
• Dutch: poëtisch (nl), dichterlijk (nl)
• French: poétique (fr)
• German: dichterisch (de), poetisch (de)
• Greek: ποιητικός (el) (poiitikós)
• Italian: poetico (it)
• Old English: sċoplīċ, lēoþlīċ
• Portuguese: poético (pt)
• Russian: поэти́ческий (ru) (poetíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: pjȅsničkī (sh), pòetskī (sh)

• Spanish: poético (es)
• Yiddish: פּאָעטיש‎ (poetish), דיכטעריש‎ (dikhterish)

Friulian

Adjective

poetic

1. poetic

Interlingua

Adjective

poetic (comparative plus poetic, superlative le plus poetic)

1. poetic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poeticus or Italian poetico or French poétique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈe.tik/

Adjective

poetic m or n (feminine singular poetică, masculine plural poetici, feminine and neuter plural poetice)

1. poetic, poetical

Declension

Declension of poetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	poetic		poetică	poetici	poetice
	definite	poeticul		poetica	poeticii	poeticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	poetic		poetice	poetici	poetice
	definite	poeticului		poeticei	poeticilor	poeticelor