different between prose vs ballad

English

Etymology

Used in English since 1330, from French prose, from Latin pr?sa (“straightforward”) from the term pr?sa ?r?ti? (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). The term pr?sa (“straightforward”) is a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”) which is the feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin pr?vorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vert? (“I turn”). Compare verse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o?z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• Homophone: pros

Noun

prose (usually uncountable, plural proses)

1. Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

   Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
2. Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
3. (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

Antonyms

• poetry, verse

Derived terms

• prose poem
• prosewise
• purple prose

Related terms

• prosaic
• prosody

Translations

Verb

prose (third-person singular simple present proses, present participle prosing, simple past and past participle prosed)

1. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
   • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190

     Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak;

     What is your purpose?

References

• prose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• OPers., Peros, Perso-, S'pore, Soper, Spero, opers, pores, poser, preso, reops, repos, ropes, soper, spore

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pros?]
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

prose

1. locative singular of proso

Verb

prose

1. masculine singular present transgressive of prosit

Related terms

• prosíc
• poprosiv
• prosící

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?oz/
• Homophone: proses

Noun

prose f (plural proses)

1. prose

Derived terms

• faire de la prose sans le savoir
• prosateur
• proser

Verb

prose

1. inflection of proser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “prose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• perso, pores, poser, repos

Italian

Noun

prose f

1. plural of prosa

Anagrams

• perso, porse, preso, spero, sperò, spore

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pors?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr?s?/, [?pr?s?]

Noun

prose n (genitive prose?a, dual prose?i, plural proseta)

1. piglet

Declension

Further reading

• prose in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• prose in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

English

Etymology

From French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada (“poem for a dance”), from Late Latin ballare. Doublet of ballade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæl?d/

Noun

ballad (plural ballads)

1. A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

2. A slow romantic song.

Derived terms

• murder ballad
• power ballad

Translations

Verb

ballad (third-person singular simple present ballads, present participle ballading, simple past and past participle balladed)

1. (obsolete) To make mention of in ballads.
2. (intransitive) To compose or sing ballads.