prosa

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.za/

prosa f (uncountable)

1. prose

• prosaico

prosa f (uncountable)

1. prose

• prosaico

From Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātio (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). The term prōsa (“straightforward”) is a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”) which is the feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + turned, form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare verse.[1]

prosa f (plural prose)

1. a prose
2. a drama (theatre)

• prosaicamente
• prosaicismo
• prosaicità
• prosaico
• prosastico
• prosatore

• aspro, parso, raspo, raspò, saprò, sopra, sparo, sparò, spora

From phrases such as "prōsa ōrātiō", "prōsa ēloquentia" ("straightforward speech", i.e. without the ornaments of verse). Feminine form of prōsus, prōrsus.

prōsa f (genitive prōsae); first declension

1. prose

First declension.

• English: prose
• French: prose
• Italian: prosa
• Portuguese: prosa
• Spanish: prosa

• prosa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prosa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• prosa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • prose: oratio soluta (not prosa) or simply oratio
    

From Latin prosa

prosa m (definite singular prosaen)

1. prose (written or spoken language without metrical structure)

• “prosa” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin prosa

prosa m (definite singular prosaen)

1. prose (as above)

• “prosa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.sa/

prosa

1. genitive singular of proso

From Old Portuguese prosa, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) in the term prōsa ōrātio (“straightforward speech”), alteration of prorsa, from feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + turned.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.za/, /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: pro‧sa

prosa f (plural prosas)

1. (literature, uncountable) prose (written language not intended as poetry)
2. a work in prose
3. eloquence
4. chat (informal conversation)

• (work in prose): narrativa
• (eloquence): eloquência, oratória
• (chat): See Thesaurus:conversa

• (written language not intended as poetry): poesia

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾosa/

prosa f (plural prosas)

1. prose

• audio

  (file)

prosa c

1. prose

• dikt
• lyrik
• poesi
• rim

• prosaisk