proza

From earlier prosa, a borrowing (first attested in the early 17th century) from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātio (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). Previously borrowed in Middle Dutch as prose (from Old French prose), a form which lived on in Modern Dutch as proos, prose, prooze. These forms however have been entirely displaced by proza.

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• Hyphenation: pro‧za

proza n (uncountable)

1. prose

   Synonym: poëzie

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “proza”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Borrowed from French prose.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.za/

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: pro‧za

proza f

1. (literature) prose (written language not intended as poetry)

   Synonym: beletrystyka

   Antonym: poezja

2. (literature) prose (work written in prose)
3. (figurative) everyday things and affairs, ordinary, of little interest

• proza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• proza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from German Prosa.

• IPA^(key): /prǒːza/
• Hyphenation: pro‧za

próza f (Cyrillic spelling про́за)

1. (uncountable) prose

Borrowed from Russian про́за (próza).

proza

1. prose

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “проза”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika