詩的な
解説 Definition
詩のような美しく表現力豊かな特質。文学的で芸術的な雰囲気を持つ。
Poetic means related to poetry or having the beauty, emotion, or imaginative quality of poetry. It is used for language, descriptions, or ideas that sound artistic and expressive. It can also describe speech that is more emotional or elegant than usual.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
poet（詩人）や poetry（詩）を知っていれば、その仲間の形容詞が poetic だと覚えやすいです。語尾 -ic は「〜に関する」「〜らしい」で、comic, dramatic と同型。poetic language, a poetic image のように、実際に詩そのものより「表現が美しい・情緒的」という場面でよく使います。反対に、事実をそっけなく述べる感じは literal や prosaic。『詩人っぽい表現』まで含めて捉えると定着します。
Start from `poet` and `poetry`, then add `-ic`, like in `comic` or `dramatic`. That makes `poetic` easy to remember as an adjective from the same family. It is often used for style, as in `poetic language`, not only for actual poems.
例文
The poetic language in the novel moved readers deeply.
その小説の詩的な表現は読者を深く感動させた。
His poetic description of nature was beautiful.
自然についての彼の詩的な描写は美しかった。
The film had a poetic quality that appealed to critics.
その映画は詩的な雰囲気を帯びていて、批評家たちの心をつかんだ。
poetic の類義語・関連語
poetic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
poeticはpoet＋-icで、poetはギリシャ語poietes「作る人」、さらにpoiein「作る」に由来します。詩はもともと「言葉で作られたもの」という発想なので、「詩人らしい」から「詩的な」へ意味が広がりました。関連語はpoem、poetry。
Poetic comes from poet plus the adjective ending -ic. Poet goes back to Greek poietes, "maker," from poiein, "to make." The word reflects the old idea that poetry is something carefully made with words, and it is related to poem and poetry.
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