poem
/ˈpəʊəm/POH-uhm
/ˈpoʊəm/POH-uhm
Meaningsomething made
Common meaning: a piece of verse
- poeto make, createLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1238 (approximate) · scan
- mGreek noun ending (-ma) cut short
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ποιέω ‘to make, create’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ποιέω, p. 1238 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ποιέω Greek “to make, create”
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