poésie

See also: poesie, Poesie, and poësie

French

Alternative forms

poësie (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French poesie, from Late Latin poēsia, from earlier poēsis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ.e.zi/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Rhymes: -i
Homophone: poésies

Noun

poésie f (plural poésies)

poetry

Related terms

Descendants

→ Danish: poesi
→ Dutch: poëzie
- Afrikaans: poësie
- → Indonesian: puisi
- → Malay: puisi
→ German: Poesie
→ Romanian: poezie
→ Polish: poezja
- → Russian: поэ́зия (poézija), поэ́зія (poézija)
  - → Kazakh: поэзия (poéziä)

Further reading

“poésie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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