different between singing vs poem

English

Etymology

From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s????/
• Rhymes: -????
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)

1. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
2. (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
3. (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.

Translations

Adjective

singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)

1. (music) Smooth and flowing.
2. (of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

Translations

Verb

singing

1. present participle of sing

See also

• sing
• singing bowl
• song

Anagrams

• ginsing, signing

Middle English

Noun

singing

1. Alternative form of syngyng

English

Alternative forms

• poëm (rare or archaic)
• poeme (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin po?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (poí?ma), from ????? (poié?, “I make”). Displaced native Old English l?oþ.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p????m/, [?p?????m]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?po???m/, /po??m/, [?p?o(??)?m], [?p?o(??)m?], [?p?o(??)m]
• (India) IPA^(key): /?po???m/, [?po(??)?m]
• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /poj?m/
• Rhymes: -???m, -??m

Noun

poem (plural poems)

1. A literary piece written in verse.
2. A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
3. A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Holonyms

• poetry

Derived terms

Related terms

• poet
• poetic
• poetics
• poetry

Translations

Further reading

• poem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• poem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• poem at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mope, pome

Scots

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin po?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (poí?ma), from ????? (poié?, “I make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pom], [po?m]

Noun

poem (plural poems)

1. poem
   • 1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.

     Hit wisna till weel trowe da nineteent century at Shetlanders tried der haand at writin ida dialect — maistly poems, wi a antrin story noo an dan.

   • 1991, Chapman, No. 67-70, page 36.

     And Hugh MacDiarmid was and is A Brawli Makar, for as siccan folk hand tae 't as thrugaun as a poem itsel, he daes, an daes he no.

   • 2000, Chapman, No. 95-97, page 64.

     The pseudonym TSL first thocht on uisin stertin oot ti publish his wark wis Thrawn, an he uised this for whit we think micht be his first published poem in a Sooth African paper at haes (for nou) hidden itsel ower again amang the files.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin po?ma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (poí?ma), from ????? (poié?, “I make”).

Noun

poem n

1. poem

Declension

Vilamovian

Noun

poem n

1. poem