prose en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹoʊz/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈpɹəʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). further etymology and related terms The term prōsa (“straightforward”), a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”), the feminine form prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“to turn”). Compare verse.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
...Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow’d Faft by the Oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th’ Ionian Mounts while it pursues Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime...
1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost (1st ed):
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(uncountable, usually) Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
...the vehicle is plodding prose, but the effect is none the less poignant. And in regard to this I may say that in a hundred places in Trollope the extremity of pathos is reached by the homeliest means.
1888, Henry James, Partial Portraits, Macmillan:
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(uncountable, usually) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
Proses are parts of the Office of the Mass which are sung just before the Gospel, upon great Festivals. The French also call those Rhythmical Hymns Proses, which are sung in their Offices in the Church of Rome, in which Rhime only, and not Quantity of Syllables, is observed.
1699, A new ecclesiastical history:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| proses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
prosification · purple prose · prosify · proselike · proseman · technoprose · prose poem · beprose · prosist · beige prose · prosimetrical · transprose · prosal · prosewise · rhymeprose · Prose Edda
Relateds
Translations (79)
km ពាក្យលាត (written language not intended as poetry) · km ពាក្យរាយ (written language not intended as poetry) · he פְּרוֹזָה (written language not intended as poetry) · it prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · la prōsa (written language not intended as poetry) · ru про́за (written language not intended as poetry) · de Prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · ta உரைநடை (written language not intended as poetry) · fo skaldskapur á óbundnum máli (written language not intended as poetry) · fi proosa (written language not intended as poetry) · ur نثر (written language not intended as poetry) · kk проза (written language not intended as poetry) · te గద్యము (written language not intended as poetry) · ro proză (written language not intended as poetry) · eu prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · mn үргэлжилсэн үгийн зохиол (written language not intended as poetry) · tk proza (written language not intended as poetry) · uz nasr (written language not intended as poetry) · cmn 散文 (written language not intended as poetry) · sq prozë (written language not intended as poetry) · ml ഗദ്യം (written language not intended as poetry) · my စုဏ္ဏိယ (written language not intended as poetry) · fr prose (written language not intended as poetry) · az nəsr (written language not intended as poetry) · ang spell (written language not intended as poetry) · ug نەسر (written language not intended as poetry) · vi văn xuôi (written language not intended as poetry) · gl prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · uz proza (written language not intended as poetry) · is prósa (written language not intended as poetry) · ja 散文 (written language not intended as poetry) · sh próza (written language not intended as poetry) · fa نثر (written language not intended as poetry) · fo prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · nb prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · be про́за (written language not intended as poetry) · nl ondicht (written language not intended as poetry) · hy արձակ (written language not intended as poetry) · lt proza (written language not intended as poetry) · cs próza (written language not intended as poetry) · fo óbundið mál (written language not intended as poetry) · hu próza (written language not intended as poetry) · ko 산문 (written language not intended as poetry) · sv prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · tr mensur (written language not intended as poetry) · ug پروزا (written language not intended as poetry) · uk про́за (written language not intended as poetry) · yi פּראָזע (written language not intended as poetry) · ar نَثْر (written language not intended as poetry) · lo ຮ້ອຽແກ້ວ (written language not intended as poetry) · lv proza (written language not intended as poetry) · tr düzyazı (written language not intended as poetry) · sw nathari (written language not intended as poetry) · bn গদ্য (written language not intended as poetry) · el πεζογραφία (written language not intended as poetry) · th ร้อยแก้ว (written language not intended as poetry) · pt prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · es prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · et proosa (written language not intended as poetry) · mk проза (written language not intended as poetry) · kn ಗದ್ಯ (written language not intended as poetry) · nl proza (written language not intended as poetry) · ms prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · ca prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · ky проза (written language not intended as poetry) · sk próza (written language not intended as poetry) · tg наср (written language not intended as poetry) · tr inşa (written language not intended as poetry) · tr nesir (written language not intended as poetry) · jv gancaran (written language not intended as poetry) · id prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · sl proza (written language not intended as poetry) · eo prozo (written language not intended as poetry) · sh про́за (written language not intended as poetry) · hi गद्य (written language not intended as poetry) · ka პროზა (written language not intended as poetry) · da prosa (written language not intended as poetry) · pl proza (written language not intended as poetry) · bg про́за (written language not intended as poetry)