prose

prose  (prz)

n.

1. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.

2. Commonplace expression or quality.

3. Roman Catholic Church A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.

intr.v. prosed, pros·ing, pros·es

1. To write prose.

2. To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prsa (rti), straightforward (discourse), feminine of prsus, alteration of prrsus, from prversus, past participle of prvertere, to turn forward : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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prose [prəʊz]

n

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure

2. (Social Science / Education) a passage set for translation into a foreign language

3. commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc.

4. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass

5. (modifier) written in prose

6. (modifier) matter-of-fact

vb

1. to write or say (something) in prose

2. (intr) to speak or write in a tedious style

[via Old French from Latin phrase prōsa ōrātiō straightforward speech, from prorsus prosaic, from prōvertere to turn forwards, from pro-¹ + vertere to turn]

proselike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse euphuism - an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology nonfiction, nonfictional prose - prose writing that is not fictional interior monologue - a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue stream of consciousness - a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy prose poem - prose that resembles poetry polyphonic prose - a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance literary genre, writing style, genre - a style of expressing yourself in writing
	2.	prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

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prose

noun

Quotations
"Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best order" [Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk]
"Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it" [Jeremy Bentham]
"All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose" [Molière Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]

Translations

prose [prəʊz]

A. N

1. (Literat) → prosa f

2. (Scol) (also prose translation) → texto m para traducir (also prose composition) → traducción f inversa

B. CPD prose poem N → poema m en prosa
prose writer N → prosista mf

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prose [ˈprəʊz] n

(= written language) → prose f

(SCHOOL) (= translation) → thème m

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prose

n → Prosa f; (= writing, style) → Stil m; (Sch, Univ: = translation text) → Übersetzung f → in die Fremdsprache, Hinübersetzung f

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prose:

prose poem

n → Prosagedicht nt

prose style

n → Stil m

prose writer

n → Prosaschriftsteller(in) m(f)

prose writing

n → Prosadichtung f

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prose [prəʊz] n → prosa (Scol) (translation) → traduzione f dalla lingua madre or madrelingua

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prose [prəʊz] n → prosa (Scol) (translation) → traduzione f dalla lingua madre or madrelingua

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prose

n prose [prəuz]

writing that is not in verse; ordinary written or spoken language. prosa نَثْر проза próza prosa die Prosa πεζός λόγος prosa proosa نثر proosa prose פְּרוֹזָה गद्य próza prosa prósi, óbundið mál prosa 散文 산문 proza proza prosa proza prosa proza prosa proză проза próza proza proza prosa ร้อยแก้ว düz yazı, nesir 散文；乏味的話或文章 проза نثر văn xuôi 散文；乏味的话或文章