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Prosa
prosa
prosa
Italian
Etymology
From Latin 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”) + turned, form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare verse.[1]
Noun
prosa f (plural prose)
Related terms
- prosaicamente
- prosaicismo
- prosaicità
- prosaico
- prosastico
- prosatore
References
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- prorsa
Etymology
A colloquial form of prorsa the feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare English verse.[1]
Noun
prōsa
- (colloquial) feminine form of prōsus (“straightforward”)
Derived terms
- prōsa ōrātio (a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse)
References
- prosa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PROSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prosa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- prose: oratio soluta (not prosa) or simply oratio
- prose: oratio soluta (not prosa) or simply oratio
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: sanuen — 散文 (sǎn wén)
- English: proz — prose
- Spanish: pros — prosa
- Russian: proz — проза (proza)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprosa/
Gismu
- prose; x1 is prose (non-poetic written text) about plot/theme/subject x2 by author x3 for intended audience x4.
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
prosa m (definite singular prosaen)
- prose (written or spoken language without metrical structure)
References
- “prosa” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
prosa m (definite singular prosaen)
- prose (as above)
References
- “prosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese prosa, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) in the term prōsa ōrātio (“straightforward speech”), alteration of prorsa, from feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + turned.
Pronunciation
Noun
prosa f (plural prosas)
- (literature, uncountable) prose (written language not intended as poetry)
- a work in prose
- eloquence
- chat (informal conversation)
Synonyms
- (work in prose): narrativa
- (eloquence): eloquência, oratória
- (chat): See Wikisaurus:conversa
Antonyms
- (written language not intended as poetry): poesia
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