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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: pōʹĭt
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
- Rhymes: -əʊɪt
Noun
[edit]poet (plural poets)
- A person who writes poems.
- A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- antipoet
- arch-poet
- be a poet and not know it
- concrete poet
- cyberpoet
- cyclic poet
- ecopoet
- I'm a poet and I didn't even know it
- Instapoet
- jazz poet
- Lake poet
- metapoet
- mythopoet
- nonpoet
- parcel-poet
- poetaster
- poet blouse
- poetese
- poetesque
- poetess
- poetette
- poethood
- poetical
- poeticule
- poetise
- poetize
- poet laureate
- poetless
- poetlike
- poetling
- poetly
- poetolatry
- poetress
- poetship
- poet shirt
- poet sleeve
- pylon poet
- sacrificial poet
- slam poet
Translations
[edit]person who writes poems
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Further reading
[edit]- “poet, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “poet, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, pages 4580–4581.
- “poet, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “poet, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4580, column 3.
- “poet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]poet
- poet
Declension
[edit]Declension of poet
Synonyms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]poet m (uncountable)
- loot, stolen money
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poeter, definite plural poetene)
- a poet
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.
Noun
[edit]poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poetar, definite plural poetane)
- a poet
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
[edit]Verb
[edit]poet
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poeta. Compare Aromanian puet.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]poet m (plural poeți, feminine equivalent poetă or poetesă)
- poet
- Synonym: (obsolete) șair
- Mare poet național. ― Great national poet.
- (figurative) poet (person with a creative or romantic imagination)
Declension
[edit]Declension of poet
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- poet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]poet c
- a poet
Declension
[edit]Declension of poet
Synonyms
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