proza

See also: próza and prozą

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French prose, the Latin word prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātio (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pro‧za

Noun

proza n (uncountable)

1. prose

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French prose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.za/

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: pro‧za

Noun

proza f

1. (literature) prose (written language not intended as poetry)

   Synonym: beletrystyka

   Antonym: poezja

2. (literature) prose (work written in prose)
3. (figurative) everyday things and affairs, ordinary, of little interest

Declension

Declension of proza

	singular
nominative	proza
genitive	prozy
dative	prozie
accusative	prozę
instrumental	prozą
locative	prozie
vocative	prozo

Derived terms

• prozaiczka
• prozaicznie
• prozaiczność
• prozaiczny
• prozaik

 

Further reading

• proza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• proza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Prosa, from Latin prosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒːza/
• Hyphenation: pro‧za

Noun

próza f (Cyrillic spelling про́за)

1. (uncountable) prose

Declension

Declension of proza

	singular
nominative	proza
genitive	proze
dative	prozi
accusative	prozu
vocative	prozo
locative	prozi
instrumental	prozom

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian про́за (próza).

Noun

proza

1. prose

Inflection

Inflection of proza (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	proza
genitive sing.	prozan
partitive sing.	prozad
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	proza	—
accusative	prozan	—
genitive	prozan	—
partitive	prozad	—
essive-instructive	prozan	—
translative	prozaks	—
inessive	prozas	—
elative	prozaspäi	—
illative	prozaha prozha	—
adessive	prozal	—
ablative	prozalpäi	—
allative	prozale	—
abessive	prozata	—
comitative	prozanke	—
prolative	prozadme	—
approximative I	prozanno	—
approximative II	prozannoks	—
egressive	prozannopäi	—
terminative I	prozahasai prozhasai	—
terminative II	prozalesai	—
terminative III	prozassai	—
additive I	prozahapäi prozhapäi	—
additive II	prozalepäi	—

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “проза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika