prosa

See also: Prosa

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

prosa f (uncountable)

  1. prose

Galician

Noun

prosa f (uncountable)

  1. prose

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)

  1. a prose
  2. a drama (theatre)

References

  1. ↑ “prosa” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From phrases such as "prōsa ōrātiō", "prōsa ēloquentia" ("straightforward speech", i.e. without the ornaments of verse). Feminine form of prōsus, prōrsus.

Noun

prōsa f (genitive prōsae); first declension

  1. prose

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative prōsa prōsae
genitive prōsae prōsārum
dative prōsae prōsīs
accusative prōsam prōsās
ablative prōsā prōsīs
vocative prōsa prōsae

Descendants

References

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Latin prosa

    Noun

    prosa m (definite singular prosaen)

    1. prose (written or spoken language without metrical structure)

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Latin prosa

    Noun

    prosa m (definite singular prosaen)

    1. prose (as above)

    References

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.sa/

    Noun

    prosa

    1. genitive singular of proso

    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

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.za/, /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/
    • Hyphenation: pro‧sa

    Noun

    prosa f (plural prosas)

    1. (literature, uncountable) prose (written language not intended as poetry)
    2. a work in prose
    3. eloquence
    4. chat (informal conversation)

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

    • (written language not intended as poetry): poesia
    • prosaísta
    • prosar
    • proseado
    • proseador
    • prosear
    • proseio

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɾosa/

    Noun

    prosa f (plural prosas)

    1. prose

    Swedish

    Pronunciation

    • audio(file)

    Noun

    prosa c

    1. prose

    Declension

    Declension of prosa 
    Uncountable
    Indefinite Definite
    Nominative prosa prosan — —
    Genitive prosas prosans — —

    Antonyms

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