English-French translations for poetic

• poétique
  Il s'agit à mes yeux d'une exagération poétique. Methinks this is a poetic exaggeration.
  J'aime dire, de manière quelque peu poétique, que l'Europe est la patrie de nos patries. I like to say, somewhat poetically, that Europe is the homeland of our homelands.
  Mourir courageusement a été la dernière offrande poétique de sa vie. To die fearlessly was the last poetic offering of his life.

Definition of poetic

• Relating to poetry
• Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc

Examples

• Iambics are one form of poetic meter

Related words

• poetics
• onomatopoetic
• poetically
• poetical
• onomatopoetically
• unpoetical
• poeticize
• unpoetic
• antipoetic