poésie
French, noun/pɔ.e.zi/
poésie is spelled P-O-É-S-I-E (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poésie is a French feminine noun meaning “poetry (literature composed in verse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Traditionnellement) Art de faire des ouvrages en vers”.
What does poésie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoetry (literature composed in verse)
- 2
femininepoetry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de poésie.
noun: 1. (Traditionnellement) Art de faire des ouvrages en vers. 2. À l’époque moderne, genre littéraire qui se caractérise par une exploration poussée des formes du langage et des potentialités du texte. 3. Corpus d’œuvres poétiques partageant une caractéristique thématique, géographique, historique, etc. 4. Art et manière de faire des vers, de la simple versification.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of poésie
- poésies plural
- poësie alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poésie?
- /pɔ.e.zi/
- \pɔ.e.zi\
- [pɔ.e.zi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poésie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poésie in French?
poésie appears 25 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).