Complete Definition of "poetry"

English

Etymology
From Ancient Greek polytonic|�οιέ�/�οιῶ (poiéo/poió), meaning I create/make/do/cause.

Pronunciation
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Noun
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  1. the class of literature comprising poems
  2. composition in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns

Translations
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Albanian: poezi
Arabic: ARchar|شعر unicode|(ši�r) m
Azerbaijani: poeziya
Bulgarian: поези� (poezi�) f
CJKV Characters: 詩, �
Chinese: �� (shīg�)
Croatian: poezija
Czech: poezie
Dutch: poëzie
Esperanto: poezio
Estonian: luule
Finnish: runo
French: poésie f
Georgian: ������ (p�oezia)
German: Poesie, Dichtung, Dichtkunst
Greek: �οίη�η (píisi) f
Hebrew: ש�ר� (shirá) f
Hungarian: költészet
Indonesian: puisi
Irish: fílíocht f
Italian: poesia
Japanese: 詩 (�, shi), 詩� (���, shīka)
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Korean: � (si)
Latvian: dzeja
Lithuanian: poezija
Malayalam: �വിത (kavitha)
Persian: FAchar|�ا�� سرا�� (�âme sarâyī)
Polish: poezja f
Portuguese: poesia f
Romanian: poetic�
Russian: по�зи� (poézija) f
Scottish Gaelic: bàrdachd f, filidheachd f
Serbian
:Cyrillic: поези�а f
:Latin: poezija f
Slovak: poézia f
Spanish: poesía f
Swedish: poesi
Turkish: �ıır
Uyghur: erkin shéir
Vietnamese: thơ
Welsh: barddas
Yiddish: (poezie)

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