poem

Alternative forms

poëm, poeme (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”). Displaced native Old English lēoþ.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/, [ˈpʰəwɪm], /ˈpəʊ.əm/, (uncommon) /ˈpɔːɪm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.əm/, /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/, /poʊm/, [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)əm], [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m̩], [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m]
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.ɪm/, /poː(ə)m/, /ˈpoː.ɛm/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔʊ(ə)m/
(Indic) IPA^(key): /po.ĕm/
- (North India: linking W) IPA^(key): [poːʋɪm]
- (Tanglish, Kerala, Sri Lanka: linking Y) IPA^(key): [poːjɐm]
(Malaysia, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈpojəm/
(Ghana) IPA^(key): /pɔɪm/
Rhymes: -əʊɪm, -əʊəm, -əʊɛm, -əʊm, -ɔːɪm, -ɔɪm

Noun

poem (plural poems)

A literary piece written in verse.
- 2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
  Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Holonyms

poetry

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

literary piece written in verse

Afrikaans: gedig (af) n, vers
Albanian: vjershë (sq) f, poemë (sq) f
Amharic: ግጥም (gəṭm)
Arabic: قَصِيدَة f (qaṣīda), شِعْر (ar) m (šiʕr), نَظْم m (naẓm)
Hijazi Arabic: قَصيدة f (gaṣīda), شِعِر m (šiʕir)
Armenian: բանաստեղծություն (hy) (banasteġcutʻyun), ոտանավոր (hy) (otanavor) (short), պոեմ (hy) (poem) (large), տաղ (hy) (taġ)
Assamese: কবিতা (kobita)
Asturian: poema m, poesía f
Azerbaijani: şeir, poema
Bashkir: шиғыр (şiğır)
Basque: poema (eu)
Belarusian: верш (be) m (vjerš), паэ́ма f (paéma)
Bengali: কবিতা (bn) (kobita), পদ্য (bn) (poddo)
Bikol Central: rawit-dawit
Bulgarian: стихотворе́ние (bg) n (stihotvorénie), пое́ма (bg) f (poéma)
Burmese: ကဗျာ (my) (ka.bya)
Catalan: poema (ca) m, poesia (ca) f, oda (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 詩 / 诗 (si¹)

Dungan: чонсы (čonsɨ), сывын (sɨvɨn)

Mandarin: 詩 / 诗 (zh) (shī), 詩篇 / 诗篇 (zh) (shīpiān), 詩歌 / 诗歌 (zh) (shīgē)
Cornish: kan f
Czech: báseň (cs) f
Danish: digt (da) n
Dutch: gedicht (nl) n, vers (nl) n
Estonian: luuletus, värss, poeem
Farefare: dakɩrɛ
Faroese: kvæði n, ljóð n
Finnish: runo (fi)
French: poème (fr) m
Galician: poema (gl) m, poesía (gl) f
Georgian: ლექსი (leksi), პოემა (ṗoema), შაირი (šairi)
German: Gedicht (de) n, Poem (de) n
Greek: ποίημα (el) n (poíima)
Ancient: ποίημα n (poíēma)
Guaraní: ñe'ẽpoty (gn)
Hebrew: שִׁיר (he) m (shir)
Hindi: कविता (hi) f (kavitā), पद्य (hi) m (padya), काव्य (hi) m (kāvya)
Hungarian: vers (hu)
Icelandic: ljóð (is) n, kvæði (is) n, dikt n, vers n
Ido: poemo (io)
Ilocano: daniw
Indonesian: syair (id)
Ingrian: vers, stiha
Irish: dán (ga) m
Italian: poema (it) m, poesia (it) f
Japanese: 詩 (ja) (し, shi), 詩歌 (ja) (しいか, shiika)
Kazakh: өлең (kk) (öleñ), поэма (poéma), дастан (kk) (dastan)
Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) (kɑmnaap)
Kikuyu: irebeta class 5
Korean: 시(詩) (ko) (si), 시가(詩歌) (ko) (siga)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شیعر (ckb) (şîir)

Northern Kurdish: helbest (ku), şiîr (ku)
Kyrgyz: ыр (ky) (ır), казал (ky) (kazal), поэма (poema), өлөң (ky) (ölöŋ)
Lao: ກາບກອນ (lo) (kāp kǭn), ກອນ (kǭn), ຄຳກອນ (kham kǭn), ກະວີນິພົນ (ka wī ni phon)
Latin: carmen (la) n, poema n
Latvian: dzejolis m, poēma f
Lithuanian: eilėraštis m, poema (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Gedicht
Macedonian: песна (mk) f (pesna)
Malay: puisi (ms), syair (ms)
Malayalam: കവിത (ml) (kavita)
Maltese: poeżija f
Manchu: ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠪᡠᠨ (irgebun)
Marathi: कविता (mr) f (kavitā), काव्य n (kāvya)
Middle Persian: cagāmag
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шүлэг (mn) (šüleg)

Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭ (silüg)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dikt (no) n, episk dikt n
Occitan: poèma (oc)
Old English: lēoþ n
Old Norse: kvæði n, ljóð n, dikt n, skáldskapr m
Pashto: شعر (ps) m (še'r)
Persian:
Dari: شِعْر (ši'r), چَامَه (čāma), نَظْم (nazm)

Iranian Persian: شِعْر (še'r), چامِه (čâme), نَظْم (nazm)
Plautdietsch: Jedicht n
Polish: wiersz (pl) m, poemat (pl) m
Portuguese: poema (pt) m, poesia (pt) f
Quechua: harawi
Romanian: poem (ro)
Russian: стихотворе́ние (ru) n (stixotvorénije) (plural: стихи́ (ru) m pl (stixí)), стих (ru) m (stix), поэ́ма (ru) f (poéma) (larger poem)
Sanskrit: काव्य (sa) n (kāvya), कविता (sa) f (kavitā)
Scottish Gaelic: dàn m, duan m, òran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спе̑в m, спје̑в m, пое́ма f, пе̏сма f, пје̏сма f, стѝхови m pl

Roman: spȇv m, spjȇv (sh) m, poéma (sh) f, pȅsma (sh) f, pjȅsma (sh) f, stìhovi (sh) m pl
Sinhalese: කවිය (kawiya)
Slovak: báseň f
Slovene: pesem (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: baseń f
Spanish: poema (es) m, poesía (es) f, oda (es) f
Swahili: shairi (sw)
Swedish: dikt (sv) c, poem (sv) n, skaldverk n
Tagalog: tula
Tajik: шеър (tg) (še'r), назм (nazm)
Tamil: பா (ta) (pā), பாடல் (ta) (pāṭal), செய்யுள் (ta) (ceyyuḷ), கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
Tarifit: izri m
Tatar: шигырь (tt) (şigır’), дастан (tt) (dastan)
Telugu: పద్యము (te) (padyamu), కవిత (te) (kavita)
Thai: กลอน (th) (glɔɔn), บทกวี (bòt-gà-wii)
Tibetan: སྙན་ངག (snyan ngag)
Turkish: nazım (tr), şiir (tr), manzume (tr), koşuk (tr)
Turkmen: şygyr, gosgy, poema
Ukrainian: вірш (uk) m (virš), пое́ма (uk) f (poéma)
Urdu: نَظْم f (nazm), شاعِرِی f (śā'irī), شِعْر (ur) m (śi'r)
Uyghur: شېئىر (ug) (shë'ir), داستان (dastan)
Uzbek: sheʻr, poema (uz), doston (uz)
Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi), thơ (vi)
Volapük: poedot (vo), (love) lelöfapoedot
Walloon: powinme (wa) m, powezeye (wa) f, arimé (wa) m
Welsh: cerdd (cy) f
Yiddish: פּאָעמע f (poeme), פּאָעם m (poem), געדיכט n (gedikht)
Yoruba: ewì
Zazaki: şîîre f
Zhuang: sei

piece of writing in the tradition of poetry

Afrikaans: gedig (af)
Azerbaijani: şeir
Bashkir: шиғыр (şiğır)
Bikol Central: rawit-dawit
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詩篇 / 诗篇 (zh) (shīpiān)
Czech: báseň (cs) f
Danish: digt (da) n
Dutch: gedicht (nl) n
Esperanto: poemo
Faroese: kvæði n, ljóð n
Finnish: runo (fi)
French: poème (fr) m
German: Dichtung (de) f
Greek: ποίημα (el) n (poíima)
Ancient: ποίημα n (poíēma)
Hindi: कविता (hi) f (kavitā)
Icelandic: ljóð (is) n, kvæði (is) n, dikt n
Ido: poemo (io)
Indonesian: pantun (id)
Ingrian: vers
Italian: poema (it) m, poesia (it) f
Japanese: 詩 (ja) (し, shi)
Khmer: កំណាព្យ (km) (kɑmnaap)
Korean: 시(詩) (ko) (si)
Latin: fabula (la)
Maltese: poeżija f
Marathi: कविता (mr) f (kavitā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dikt (no) n
Old Norse: kvæði n, ljóð n, dikt n
Polish: poezja (pl) f, wiersz (pl) f
Portuguese: poema (pt) m, poesia (pt) f
Russian: стихотворе́ние (ru) n (stixotvorénije) (plural: стихи́ (ru) m pl (stixí)), стих (ru) m (stix), поэ́ма (ru) f (poéma) (larger poem)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стихотво́рство n, пе̏снӣштво n, пје̏снӣштво n, стѝхови m pl, пое́ма f, пе̏сма f, пје̏сма f

Roman: stihotvórstvo (sh) n, pȅsnīštvo (sh) n, pjȅsnīštvo (sh) n, stìhovi (sh) m pl, poéma (sh) f, pȅsma (sh) f, pjȅsma (sh) f
Slovene: pesem (sl) f, poezija f
Spanish: poema (es) m
Swahili: shairi (sw)
Swedish: dikt (sv) c, poem (sv) n
Tamil: பா (ta) (pā), பாடல் (ta) (pāṭal), கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
Telugu: పద్యం (te) (padyaṁ), కవిత (te) (kavita)
Turkish: şiir (tr)
Ukrainian: пое́ма (uk) f (poéma), вірш (uk) m (virš)
Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)

piece of poetic writing

Afrikaans: gedig (af)
Albanian: poemë (sq) f
Azerbaijani: şeir
Bashkir: шиғыр (şiğır)
Bikol Central: rawit-dawit
Czech: báseň (cs) f
Danish: digt (da) n
Dutch: gedicht (nl) n
Finnish: runo (fi)
French: poème (fr) m
German: Gedicht (de) n
Greek: ποίημα (el) n (poíima), ποίηση (el) f (poíisi)
Hindi: कविता (hi) f (kavitā)
Hungarian: költemény (hu)
Ido: poemo (io)
Indonesian: puisi (id)
Ingrian: vers
Italian: poema (it) m, poesia (it) f
Japanese: 詩的表現 (shiteki hyōgen)
Javanese: geguritan
Latin: fabula (la)
Marathi: कविता (mr) f (kavitā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dikt (no) n
Polish: poemat (pl) m, wiersz (pl) m
Portuguese: poema (pt) m, poesia (pt) f
Russian: стихотворе́ние (ru) n (stixotvorénije) (plural: стихи́ (ru) m pl (stixí)), стих (ru) m (stix), поэ́ма (ru) f (poéma) (larger poem)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стихотворина m pl, пое́ма f, песма f, стѝхови m pl

Roman: stihotvorina m pl, poéma (sh) f, pesma (sh) f, stìhovi (sh) m pl
Slovene: pesem (sl) f, poezija f
Spanish: poema (es) m
Swahili: ushairi (sw)
Swedish: dikt (sv) c, poem (sv) n
Tamil: பா (ta) (pā), பாடல் (ta) (pāṭal), கவிதை (ta) (kavitai)
Telugu: పద్యం (te) (padyaṁ), కవిత (te) (kavita)
Thai: กลอน (th) (glɔɔn)
Turkish: şiir (tr)
Ukrainian: пое́ма (uk) f (poéma), вірш (uk) m (virš)
Vietnamese: bài thơ (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Albanian: ^{(please verify)} poemë (sq)
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} poema
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} poemo
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} luuletus
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ლექსი (leksi)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} puisi (id)
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} poēma
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} eilėraštis
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} poezie (ro)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} báseň
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} caniad
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} ליד n (lid)

Anagrams

mope, pome

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	poem	poemul	poeme	poemele
genitive-dative	poem	poemului	poeme	poemelor
vocative	poemule		poemelor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	poem	poems
singular	definite	poemet	poemets
plural	indefinite	poem	poems
plural	definite	poemen	poemens

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