poesie

See also: Poesie, poésie, and poësie

English

Noun

poesie (countable and uncountable, plural poesies)

1. (now literary) Alternative form of poesy

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

poesie (plural poesies)

1. diminutive of poes

Italian

Noun

poesie f

1. plural of poesia

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French poesie, from Latin poesis.

Noun

poesie f (plural poesies)

1. poetry
2. poem

Descendants

• French: poésie, poësie (obsolete)
  • Haitian Creole: pwezi
  • → Danish: poesi
  • → German: Poesie
  • → Romanian: poezie
  • → Polish: poezja
    • → Russian: поэ́зия (poézija), поэ́зія (poézija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Kazakh: поэзия (poéziä)
• → Dutch: poëzie, (obsolete) poëzij
  • Afrikaans: poësie
  • → Indonesian: puisi
  • → Malay: puisi
• → Middle English: poesie
  • English: poesy