French Conversation · Level 4
88 words
French word
prose
Pronunciation
IPA/pʁoz/
Meaning
- feminine nounprose
Example
Ta prose est très claire.
Your prose is very clear.
More examples
Elle préfère lire de la prose plutôt que de la poésie.
She prefers to read prose rather than poetry.
Core concept
A steady stream of ordinary sentences carrying ideas without verse's patterned lines.
Common phrases
écrire de la prose
write prose
lire de la prose
read prose
de la prose poétique
poetic prose
Similar words
texte: Written content presented in print or on a screen.
écrit: The written words or text that make up a piece of writing.
article: A single newspaper, magazine, or web piece about a particular subject.
document: A record or informational resource created for a specific purpose.
Definition in French
Forme de texte qui exprime des idées ou des faits au moyen de phrases ordinaires sans recours à la versification.
Word origin
French prose comes through Old French from Latin prosa, the feminine form of prorsus meaning 'straightforward', and denotes non-verse writing.
Usage tips
- Prose is feminine in French, so the usual form is la prose, and the common phrase is écrire en prose.
Opposites
- poésiepoetrynoun
Related words
- prosateurprose writernoun
- prosaïqueprosaicadjective
- prosaïquementprosaicallyadverb