poète

See also: poete, poëte, and poetė

French

Alternative forms

• poëte (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poēta, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ɛt/

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Noun

poète m or f by sense (plural poètes)

1. poet
2. (figuratively) daydreamer

   Synonym: rêveur

3. (figuratively) wordsmith

Derived terms

• œillet de poète
• poétaillon
• poétastre
• poétique

Related terms

• poème
• poésie

Descendants

• → Russian: поэт (poet)

Further reading

• “poète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• optée

Norman

Etymology

From Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”).

Noun

poète m (plural poètes)

1. (Jersey) poet