verse
/vəːs/
US pronunciation
American sound/vəːs/
verse
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US voice -> verse
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကဗျာ
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verse / vɜ:s / n
၁။ [U] ကဗျာ။ လင်္ကာ။ ဂါထာ။ Most of the play is written in verse, but some of it is in prose. ❍ a verse translation of Homer's ‘Iliad’. Compare PROSE
၂။ [C] ဂါထာ၊ ကဗျာ (တစ်)ပုဒ်။ a hymn of/ with six verses.
၃။ verses [pl] (dated ) ကဗျာ။ a book of humorous verses.
၄။ [C] (သမ္မာကျမ်းစာ) အပိုဒ်။
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poetry, rhyme, blank verse, free verse, doggerel, ballad, canto, disciplined, disciplining, epic, jingle, lay, lyric, ode, poem, poesy, rune, school, section, song, sonnet, stanza, unit, written composition
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