prose

form of language which applies ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech
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Summary

prose is a literary form[1]. prose draws 6,673 Wikipedia views per month (literary form category, ranking #8 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: literary work[3]
  • Part of: literature[4]
  • Commons category: Prose[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Prose[6]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[9], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[10]
  • Practiced by: prose writer[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[12], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

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Influence

Things named for prose include Proselint[14], a Python package[15].

Why It Matters

prose has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] prose is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for prose include Proselint[14], a Python package[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_prose_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{prose}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/prose}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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  1. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → prose
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: prose, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949567|prose (#289949567)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008786-proza
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008786-proza, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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