Meanings
nounpoem (plural poems)
plural poems · alternative archaic rare poëm · alternative archaic rare poeme
- A literary piece written in verse.
Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.
2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4Synonyms: song
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA literary piece written in verse.
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nouna composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
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verse form
Broader
literary compositionliterary work
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekποίημα
- Latinpoēma
- Middle Frenchpoème
- Englishpoem
From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Widely displaced English leed.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans gedig, vers
- gedigliterary piece written in verse
- versliterary piece written in verse
- gedigpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- gedigpiece of poetic writing
Ancient Greek ποίημα, ποίημα
- ποίημα (poíēma)literary piece written in verse
- ποίημα (poíēma)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
Arabic قَصِيدَة, شِعْر
- قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda)literary piece written in verse
- شِعْر (šiʕr)literary piece written in verse
- نَظْم (naẓm)literary piece written in verse
Basque poema
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
Bengali কবিতা, পদ্য
- কবিতা (kobita)literary piece written in verse
- পদ্য (poddo)literary piece written in verse
Bulgarian стихотворе́ние, пое́ма
- стихотворе́ние (stihotvorénie)literary piece written in verse
- пое́ма (poéma)literary piece written in verse
Catalan poema, poesia
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
- poesialiterary piece written in verse
- odaliterary piece written in verse
Chinese Cantonese 詩 /诗
- 詩 /诗 (si¹)literary piece written in verse
Chinese Mandarin 詩 /诗, 詩篇 /诗篇
- 詩 /诗 (shī)literary piece written in verse
- 詩篇 /诗篇 (shīpiān)literary piece written in verse
- 詩歌 /诗歌 (shīgē)literary piece written in verse
- 詩篇 /诗篇 (shīpiān)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
Czech báseň, báseň
- báseňliterary piece written in verse
- báseňpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- báseňpiece of poetic writing
Danish digt, digt
- digtliterary piece written in verse
- digtpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- digtpiece of poetic writing
Dutch gedicht, vers
- gedichtliterary piece written in verse
- versliterary piece written in verse
- gedichtpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- gedichtpiece of poetic writing
Esperanto poemo
- poemopiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
Estonian luuletus, värss
- luuletusliterary piece written in verse
- värssliterary piece written in verse
- poeemliterary piece written in verse
Finnish runo, runo
- runoliterary piece written in verse
- runopiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- runopiece of poetic writing
French poème, poème
- poèmeliterary piece written in verse
- poèmepiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poèmepiece of poetic writing
German Gedicht, Poem
- Gedichtliterary piece written in verse
- Poemliterary piece written in verse
- Dichtungpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- Gedichtpiece of poetic writing
Greek ποίημα, ποίημα
- ποίημα (poíima)literary piece written in verse
- ποίημα (poíima)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- ποίημα (poíima)piece of poetic writing
- ποίηση (poíisi)piece of poetic writing
Hebrew שִׁיר
- שִׁיר (shir)literary piece written in verse
Hindi कविता, पद्य
- कविता (kavitā)literary piece written in verse
- पद्य (padya)literary piece written in verse
- काव्य (kāvya)literary piece written in verse
- कविता (kavitā)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- कविता (kavitā)piece of poetic writing
Hungarian vers, költemény
- versliterary piece written in verse
- költeménypiece of poetic writing
Icelandic ljóð, kvæði
- ljóðliterary piece written in verse
- kvæðiliterary piece written in verse
- diktliterary piece written in verse
- versliterary piece written in verse
- ljóðpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- kvæðipiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- diktpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
Indonesian syair, pantun
- syairliterary piece written in verse
- pantunpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- puisipiece of poetic writing
Irish dán
- dánliterary piece written in verse
Italian poema, poesia
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
- poesialiterary piece written in verse
- poemapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poesiapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poemapiece of poetic writing
- poesiapiece of poetic writing
Japanese 詩, 詩歌
- 詩 (shi)literary piece written in verse
- 詩歌 (shiika)literary piece written in verse
- 詩 (shi)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- 詩的表現 (shiteki hyōgen)piece of poetic writing
Korean 시, 시가
- 시 (si)literary piece written in verse
- 시가 (siga)literary piece written in verse
- 시 (si)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
Latin carmen, poema
- carmenliterary piece written in verse
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
- fabulapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- fabulapiece of poetic writing
Latvian dzejolis, poēma
- dzejolisliterary piece written in verse
- poēmaliterary piece written in verse
Lithuanian eilėraštis, poema
- eilėraštisliterary piece written in verse
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
Malay puisi, syair
- puisiliterary piece written in verse
- syairliterary piece written in verse
Norwegian Bokmål dikt, episk dikt
- diktliterary piece written in verse
- episk diktliterary piece written in verse
- diktpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- diktpiece of poetic writing
Polish wiersz, poemat
- wierszliterary piece written in verse
- poematliterary piece written in verse
- poezjapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- wierszpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poematpiece of poetic writing
- wierszpiece of poetic writing
Portuguese poema, poesia
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
- poesialiterary piece written in verse
- poemapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poesiapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poemapiece of poetic writing
- poesiapiece of poetic writing
Romanian poem
- poemliterary piece written in verse
Russian стихи́, стихотворе́ние
- стихи́ (ru)literary piece written in verse
- стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije)literary piece written in verse
- стих (stix)literary piece written in verse
- поэ́ма (poéma)literary piece written in verse
- стихи́ (ru)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- стих (stix)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- поэ́ма (poéma)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- стихи́ (ru)piece of poetic writing
- стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije)piece of poetic writing
- стих (stix)piece of poetic writing
- поэ́ма (poéma)piece of poetic writing
Scottish Gaelic dàn, duan
- dànliterary piece written in verse
- duanliterary piece written in verse
- òranliterary piece written in verse
Slovak báseň
- báseňliterary piece written in verse
Spanish poema, poesía
- poemaliterary piece written in verse
- poesíaliterary piece written in verse
- odaliterary piece written in verse
- poemapiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poemapiece of poetic writing
Swahili shairi, shairi
- shairiliterary piece written in verse
- shairipiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- ushairipiece of poetic writing
Swedish dikt, poem
- diktliterary piece written in verse
- poemliterary piece written in verse
- skaldverkliterary piece written in verse
- diktpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- poempiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- diktpiece of poetic writing
- poempiece of poetic writing
Tagalog tula
- tulaliterary piece written in verse
Tamil பா, பாடல்
- பா (pā)literary piece written in verse
- பாடல் (pāṭal)literary piece written in verse
- செய்யுள் (ceyyuḷ)literary piece written in verse
- கவிதை (kavitai)literary piece written in verse
- பா (pā)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- பாடல் (pāṭal)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- கவிதை (kavitai)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- பா (pā)piece of poetic writing
- பாடல் (pāṭal)piece of poetic writing
- கவிதை (kavitai)piece of poetic writing
Thai กลอน, บทกวี
- กลอน (glɔɔn)literary piece written in verse
- บทกวี (bòt-gà-wii)literary piece written in verse
- กลอน (glɔɔn)piece of poetic writing
Turkish nazım, şiir
- nazımliterary piece written in verse
- şiirliterary piece written in verse
- manzumeliterary piece written in verse
- koşukliterary piece written in verse
- şiirpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- şiirpiece of poetic writing
Ukrainian вірш, пое́ма
- вірш (virš)literary piece written in verse
- пое́ма (poéma)literary piece written in verse
- пое́ма (poéma)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- вірш (virš)piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- пое́ма (poéma)piece of poetic writing
- вірш (virš)piece of poetic writing
Urdu نَظْم, شاعِرِی
- نَظْم (nazm)literary piece written in verse
- شاعِرِی (śā'irī)literary piece written in verse
- شِعْر (śi'r)literary piece written in verse
Vietnamese bài thơ, thơ
- bài thơliterary piece written in verse
- thơliterary piece written in verse
- bài thơpiece of writing in the tradition of poetry
- bài thơpiece of poetic writing
Welsh cerdd
- cerddliterary piece written in verse
Yiddish פּאָעמע, פּאָעם
- פּאָעמע (poeme)literary piece written in verse
- פּאָעם (poem)literary piece written in verse
- געדיכט (gedikht)literary piece written in verse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with poem
homeromRomechromefoamgenomeomdometomeJeromecombohmroamnomeholmloambromephloemjeroboamcromemomerecombpomezome
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Cite this entry
APA
poem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poem
MLA
“poem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poem. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poem.
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