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From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”). Displaced native Old English lēoþ.
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊɪm/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯ɪm], /ˈpəʊəm/, (uncommon) /ˈpɔː.ɪm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊəm/, /poʊm/, [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)əm], [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m̩], [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɔʊ(ə)m/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɪm/, [ˈpo(ʊ̯)ɪm]
- (Malaysia, Scotland) IPA(key): /pojəm/
- (Ghana) IPA(key): /pɔɪm/
- Rhymes: -əʊɪm, -əʊəm, -ɔːɪm, -əʊm
poem (plural poems)
- A literary piece written in verse.
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.
- A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
- A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.
literary piece written in verse
- Afrikaans: gedig (af) n, vers
- Albanian: vjershë (sq) f, poemë (sq) f
- Amharic: ግጥም (gəṭm)
- Arabic: قَصِيدَة f (qaṣīda), شِعْر (ar) m (šiʕr), نَظْم m (naẓm)
- Armenian: բանաստեղծություն (hy) (banasteġcutʻyun), ոտանավոր (hy) (otanavor) (short), պոեմ (hy) (poem) (large), տաղ (hy) (taġ)
- Assamese: কবিতা (kobita)
- Asturian: poema m, poesía f
- Azerbaijani: şeir, poema
- Bashkir: шиғыр
- Belarusian: верш (be) m (vjerš), паэ́ма f (paéma)
- Bengali: কবিতা (bn) (kobita), পদ্য (bn) (poddo)
- Bikol Central: rawit-dawit
- Bulgarian: стихотворе́ние (bg) n (stihotvorénie), пое́ма (bg) f (poéma)
- Burmese: ကဗျာ (my) (ka.bya)
- Catalan: poema (ca) m, poesia (ca) f, oda (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cornish: kan f
- Czech: báseň (cs) f
- Danish: digt (da) n
- Dutch: gedicht (nl) n, vers (nl) n
- Estonian: luuletus, värss, poeem
- Farefare: dakɩrɛ
- Faroese: kvæði n, ljóð n
- Finnish: runo (fi)
- French: poème (fr) m
- Galician: poema (gl) m, poesía (gl) f
- Georgian: ლექსი (leksi), პოემა (ṗoema), შაირი (šairi)
- German: Gedicht (de) n, Poem (de) n
- Greek: ποίημα (el) n (poíima)
- Ancient: ποίημα n (poíēma)
- Guaraní: ñe'ẽpoty (gn)
- Hebrew: שִׁיר (he) m (shir)
- Hindi: कविता (hi) f (kavitā), पद्य (hi) m (padya)
- Hungarian: vers (hu)
- Icelandic: ljóð (is) n, kvæði (is) n, dikt n, vers n
- Ido: poemo (io)
- Ilocano: daniw
- Indonesian: syair (id)
- Ingrian: vers, stiha
- Irish: dán (ga) m
- Italian: poema (it) m, poesia (it) f
- Japanese: 詩 (ja) (し, shi), 詩歌 (ja) (しいか, shiika)
- Kazakh: өлең (kk) (öleñ), поэма (poéma), дастан (kk) (dastan)
- Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) (kɑmnaap)
- Kikuyu: irebeta class 5
- Korean: 시(詩) (ko) (si), 시가(詩歌) (ko) (siga)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: ыр (ky) (ır), казал (ky) (kazal), поэма (poema), өлөң (ky) (ölöŋ)
- Lao: ກາບກອນ (lo) (kāp kǭn), ກອນ (kǭn), ຄຳກອນ (kham kǭn), ກະວີນິພົນ (ka wī ni phon)
- Latin: carmen (la) n, poema (la) n
- Latvian: dzejolis m, poēma f
- Lithuanian: eilėraštis m, poema (lt) f
- Luxembourgish: Gedicht
- Macedonian: песна (mk) f (pesna)
- Malay: puisi, syair
- Malayalam: കവിത (ml) (kavita)
- Maltese: poeżija f
- Manchu: ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠪᡠᠨ (irgebun)
- Marathi: कविता (mr) f (kavitā), काव्य n (kāvya)
- Middle Persian: cagāmag
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dikt (no) n, episk dikt n
- Occitan: poèma (oc)
- Old English: lēoþ n
- Old Norse: kvæði n, ljóð n, dikt n, skáldskapr m
- Pashto: شعر (ps) m (še'r)
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: Jedicht n
- Polish: wiersz (pl) m, poemat (pl) m
- Portuguese: poema (pt) m, poesia (pt) f
- Quechua: harawi
- Romanian: poem (ro)
- Russian: стихотворе́ние (ru) n (stixotvorénije) (plural: стихи́ (ru) m pl (stixí)), стих (ru) m (stix), поэ́ма (ru) f (poéma) (larger poem)
- Sanskrit: काव्य (sa) n (kāvya), कविता (sa) f (kavitā)
- Scottish Gaelic: dàn m, duan m, òran m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sinhalese: කවිය (kawiya)
- Slovak: báseň f
- Slovene: pesem (sl) f
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: baseń f
- Spanish: poema (es) m, poesía (es) f, oda (es) f
- Swahili: shairi (sw)
- Swedish: dikt (sv) c, poem (sv) n, skaldverk n
- Tagalog: tula
- Tajik: шеър (tg) (šeʾr), назм (nazm)
- Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
- Tarifit: izri m
- Tatar: шигырь (tt) (şigır’), дастан (tt) (dastan)
- Telugu: పద్యము (te) (padyamu), కవిత (te) (kavita)
- Thai: กลอน (th) (glɔɔn), บทกวี (bòt-gà-wii)
- Tibetan: སྙན་ངག (snyan ngag)
- Turkish: nazım (tr), şiir (tr), manzume (tr), koşuk (tr)
- Turkmen: şygyr, gosgy, poema
- Ukrainian: вірш m (virš), пое́ма f (poéma)
- Urdu: نَظْم f (nazm), شاعِرِی f (śā'irī), شِعْر (ur) m (śi'r)
- Uyghur: شېئىر (ug) (shë'ir), داستان (dastan)
- Uzbek: sheʻr, poema (uz), doston (uz)
- Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi), thơ (vi)
- Volapük: poedot (vo), (love) lelöfapoedot
- Walloon: powinme (wa) m, powezeye (wa) f, arimé (wa) m
- Welsh: cerdd (cy) f
- Yiddish: פּאָעמע f (poeme), פּאָעם m (poem), געדיכט n (gedikht)
- Zhuang: sei
piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- Afrikaans: gedig (af)
- Azerbaijani: şeir
- Bashkir: шиғыр
- Bikol Central: rawit-dawit
- Chinese:
- Czech: báseň (cs) f
- Danish: digt (da) n
- Dutch: gedicht (nl) n
- Esperanto: poemo
- Faroese: kvæði n, ljóð n
- Finnish: runo (fi)
- French: poème (fr) m
- German: Dichtung (de) f
- Greek: ποίημα (el) n (poíima)
- Ancient: ποίημα n (poíēma)
- Icelandic: ljóð (is) n, kvæði (is) n, dikt n
- Ido: poemo (io)
- Indonesian: pantun (id)
- Ingrian: vers
- Italian: poema (it) m, poesia (it) f
- Japanese: 詩 (ja) (し, shi)
- Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) (kɑmnaap)
- Korean: 시(詩) (ko) (si)
- Latin: fabula (la)
- Maltese: poeżija f
- Norwegian:
- Old Norse: kvæði n, ljóð n, dikt n
- Polish: poezja (pl) f, wiersz (pl) f
- Portuguese: poema (pt) m, poesia (pt) f
- Russian: стихотворе́ние (ru) n (stixotvorénije) (plural: стихи́ (ru) m pl (stixí)), стих (ru) m (stix), поэ́ма (ru) f (poéma) (larger poem)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: стихотво́рство n, пе̏снӣштво n, пје̏снӣштво n, стѝхови m pl, пое́ма f, пе̏сма f, пје̏сма f
- Roman: stihotvórstvo (sh) n, pȅsnīštvo (sh) n, pjȅsnīštvo (sh) n, stìhovi (sh) m pl, poéma (sh) f, pȅsma (sh) f, pjȅsma (sh) f
- Slovene: pesem (sl) f, poezija f
- Spanish: poema (es) m
- Swahili: shairi (sw)
- Swedish: dikt (sv) c, poem (sv) n
- Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
- Telugu: పద్యం (te) (padyaṁ), కవిత (te) (kavita)
- Turkish: şiir (tr)
- Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)
piece of poetic writing
- Afrikaans: gedig (af)
- Albanian: poemë (sq) f
- Azerbaijani: şeir
- Bashkir: шиғыр
- Bikol Central: rawit-dawit
- Czech: báseň (cs) f
- Danish: digt (da) n
- Dutch: gedicht (nl) n
- Finnish: runo (fi)
- French: poème (fr) m
- German: Gedicht (de) n
- Greek: ποίημα (el) n (poíima), ποίηση (el) f (poíisi)
- Hungarian: költemény (hu)
- Ido: poemo (io)
- Indonesian: puisi (id)
- Ingrian: vers
- Italian: poema (it) m, poesia (it) f
- Japanese: 詩的表現 (shiteki hyōgen)
- Javanese: geguritan
- Latin: fabula (la)
- Norwegian:
- Polish: poemat (pl) m, wiersz (pl) m
- Portuguese: poema (pt) m, poesia (pt) f
- Russian: стихотворе́ние (ru) n (stixotvorénije) (plural: стихи́ (ru) m pl (stixí)), стих (ru) m (stix), поэ́ма (ru) f (poéma) (larger poem)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: pesem (sl) f, poezija f
- Spanish: poema (es) m
- Swahili: ushairi (sw)
- Swedish: dikt (sv) c, poem (sv) n
- Tamil: கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
- Telugu: పద్యం (te) (padyaṁ), కవిత (te) (kavita)
- Thai: กลอน (th) (glɔɔn)
- Turkish: şiir (tr)
- Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)
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- Albanian: (please verify) poemë (sq)
- Azerbaijani: (please verify) poema
- Esperanto: (please verify) poemo
- Estonian: (please verify) luuletus
- Georgian: (please verify) ლექსი (leksi)
- Indonesian: (please verify) puisi (id)
- Latvian: (please verify) poēma
- Lithuanian: (please verify) eilėraštis
- Romanian: (please verify) poezie (ro)
- Slovak: (please verify) báseň
- Welsh: (please verify) caniad
- Yiddish: (please verify) ליד n (lid)
- “poem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “poem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “poem”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Borrowed from French poème or German Poem.
poem n (plural poeme)
Declension of poem
- poem in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”).
poem (plural poems)
- poem
- 1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.
Hit wisna till weel trowe da nineteent century at Shetlanders tried der haand at writin ida dialect — maistly poems, wi a antrin story noo an dan.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1991, Chapman, numbers 67-70, page 36:
And Hugh MacDiarmid was and is A Brawli Makar, for as siccan folk hand tae 't as thrugaun as a poem itsel, he daes, an daes he no.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2000, Chapman, numbers 95-97, page 64:
The pseudonym TSL first thocht on uisin stertin oot ti publish his wark wis Thrawn, an he uised this for whit we think micht be his first published poem in a Sooth African paper at haes (for nou) hidden itsel ower again amang the files.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.
From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”).
poem n
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