prosaic

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From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: արձակ (arjak) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Bulgarian: прозаичен (prozaičen) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Bulgarian: написан в проза (napisan v proza) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Catalan: prosaic — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Chinese Mandarin: 散文式的 (sǎnwénshì de) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Czech: prozaický — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Danish: prosaisk — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Finnish: proosallinen — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Finnish: proosa- — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Georgian: პროზაული (ṗrozauli) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• German: prosaisch — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Greek: πεζός (pezós) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Ancient Greek: πεζός (pezós) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Hungarian: prózai — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Italian: prosastico — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Japanese: 散文的な (sanbunteki na) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Kazakh: прозалық (prozalyq) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Persian: منثور (mansur) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Polish: prozaiczny — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Portuguese: prosaico — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Russian: прозаический (prozaičeskij) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Spanish: prosaico — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Swedish: prosaisk — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Ukrainian: прозаї́чний (prozajíčnyj) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Yiddish: פּראָזאַיִש (prozaish) — pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
• Chinese Mandarin: 就事論事的 /就事论事的 (jiù shì lùn shì de) — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Chinese Mandarin: 不帶感情的 /不带感情的 (bù dài gǎnqíng de) — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Czech: prozaický — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Czech: střízlivý — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Danish: prosaisk — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Dutch: prozaïsch — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Finnish: proosallinen — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Finnish: arkipäiväinen — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Finnish: ikävä — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Georgian: პროზაული (ṗrozauli) — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Greek: πεζός (pezós) — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Polish: prozaiczny — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Ukrainian: прозаї́чний (prozajíčnyj) — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Yiddish: פּראָזאַיִש (prozaish) — straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
• Bulgarian: прозаичен (prozaičen) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Bulgarian: безинтересен (bezinteresen) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Chinese Mandarin: 平淡的 (píngdàn de) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Chinese Mandarin: 乏味的 (fáwèi de) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Czech: všední — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Czech: jednotvárný — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Danish: prosaisk — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Dutch: prozaïsch — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Finnish: proosallinen — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Finnish: arkipäiväinen — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Finnish: tylsä — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• German: prosaisch — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Greek: κοινότοπος (koinótopos) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Greek: πεζός (pezós) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Greek: τετριμμένος (tetrimménos) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Hungarian: prózai — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Italian: prosaico — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Italian: terra terra — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Japanese: 退屈な (taikutsu na) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Japanese: 単調な (tanchō na) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Kazakh: бірсарынды (bırsaryndy) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Persian: بیروح (biruh) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Polish: prozaiczny — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Spanish: prosaico — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Swedish: prosaisk — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Ukrainian: прозаї́чний (prozajíčnyj) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
• Yiddish: פּראָזאַיִש (prozaish) — overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum