Polyglot Dictionary

prose

/pʀoz/

la noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Artistic Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
proses

Meaning

  1. prose, written or spoken language in its ordinary form (not poetry)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Contrasts with poésie (poetry) — ordinary written or spoken language, without the meter or rhyme of verse.

Practice

1 What does prose mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cet auteur écrit en ___ simple et claire.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches prose?

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