poetic licence

English

Alternative forms

• poetic license

Noun

poetic licence (uncountable)

1. Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.

Related terms

• artistic licence

Translations

departure from convention

• Afrikaans: digterlike vryheid
• Arabic: ضَرُورَة شِعْرِيَّة f (ḍarūra(t) šiʕriyya)
• Catalan: llicència poètica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: runollinen vapaus
• French: licence poétique (fr) f
• Icelandic: skáldaleyfi n
• Irish: pribhléid an fhile f
• Italian: licenza poetica f
• Latin: poētica licentia f
• Polish: licentia poetica (pl) f
• Portuguese: licença poética f
• Romanian: licență poetică (ro)
• Russian: поэти́ческая во́льность f (poetíčeskaja vólʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: licencia poética f