próza

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próza f (related adjective prozaický)

1. prose

• poezie

From the Latin word prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātio (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). The term prōsa (“straightforward”) is a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”) which is the feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“I turn”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈproːzɒ]
• Hyphenation: pró‧za
• Rhymes: -zɒ

próza (plural prózák)

1. prose, fiction (written language not intended as poetry)

• próza in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Derived from Latin prōsa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpro̞ːza/
• Hyphenation: pró‧za

próza f (genitive singular prózy, nominative plural prózy, genitive plural próz, declension pattern of žena)

1. prose

• poézia

• prozaickosť f
• prozaický
• prozaičnosť f
• prozaik m, prozaička f

• “próza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024