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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poetry

/ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
po-et-ry
IPA
/ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

Uncountable

noun

A poet's literary production.

Uncountable

noun

An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: poetrye, pöeterie, poētria, ποιητής

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/
  • British English: /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

poetries (plural) poëtry (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

antipoetry cyberpoetry ecopoetry hyperpoetry Instapoetry jazzetry metapoetry micropoetry mythopoetry nonpoetry onomatopoetry poetryless

Phrases

blackout poetry concrete poetry dub poetry epic poetry erasure poetry found poetry graveyard poetry jazz poetry

Frequently Paired Words

poesiology poesy poet poetess poetic poeticize poetics poetize

Synonyms

poesy verse song

Antonyms

prose

Questions

How do you pronounce poetry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/.
What does poetry mean?
Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
Where does poetry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce poetry

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