poet

See also: Poet and poët

English

Alternative forms

• poët (rare or archaic)
• poete (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “I make, compose”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊət/, /ˈpoʊɪt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
• Rhymes: -əʊɪt

Noun

poet (plural poets)

1. A person who writes poems.
2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

Hyponyms

• poetess (female, dated)
• versifier

Derived terms

• poetaster
• poetess

Translations

person who writes poems

• Afrikaans: digter (af)
• Albanian: poet (sq) m
• Arabic: شَاعِر‎ m (šāʿir), شَاعِرَة‎ f (šāʿira)

  Egyptian Arabic: شاعر‎ m (šāʿer)

• Armenian: պոետ (hy) (poet), բանաստեղծ (hy) (banastełc)
• Asturian: poeta m or f
• Azerbaijani: şair (az)
• Baluchi: شاہر‎ (šáhar, šáhir), شاعر‎
• Bashkir: шағир m (šağir), шағирә f (šağirä)
• Basque: olerkari, poeta
• Bavarian: Schriftstölarin
• Belarusian: паэ́т m (paét)
• Bengali: কবি (bn) (kôbi)
• Bulgarian: пое́т (bg) m (poét)
• Burmese: စာဆို (my) (cahcui), ကဝိ (my) (ka.wi.)
• Catalan: poeta (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 詩人 (si¹ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 詩人 (zh), 诗人 (zh) (shīrén)

• Czech: básník (cs) m, básnířka (cs) f, poeta (cs) m, poetka (cs) f
• Danish: digter (da) c
• Dutch: dichter (nl) m
• Esperanto: poeto
• Estonian: luuletaja (et)
• Extremaduran: pueta
• Faroese: yrkjari m, skald n, rímari m
• Finnish: runoilija (fi)
• French: poète (fr) m
• Galician: poeta m or f
• Georgian: პოეტი (ṗoeṭi)
• German: Dichter (de) m, Dichterin (de) f; (formal) Poet (de) m, Poetin f
• Greek: ποιητής (el) m (poiitís), ποιήτρια (el) f (poiítria)

  Ancient: ποιητής m (poiētḗs), ποιήτρια f (poiḗtria)

• Hebrew: פייטן‎ m (paytán), מְשׁוֹרֵר‎ (he) m (meshorér)
• Hindi: कवि (hi) m (kavi), कवयित्री f (kavyitrī)
• Hungarian: költő (hu), poéta (hu)
• Icelandic: skáld (is) n, ljóðskáld n
• Ido: poeto (io)
• Ilocano: mannaniw
• Indonesian: penyair (id), pujangga (id)
• Irish: file (ga) m, bard m
• Italian: poeta (it) m, poetessa (it) f
• Japanese: 詩人 (ja) (しじん, shijin)
• Kazakh: ақын (kk) (aqın)
• Khmer: កវី (km) (kaʼvəy)
• Korean: 시인 (ko) (siin) (詩人 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: helbestvan (ku) m or f

  Sorani: بوێژ‎ (ku) (bwêj)

• Kyrgyz: акын (ky) (akın)
• Lao: ກະວີ (lo) (ka wī)
• Latgalian: poets m, ailinīks m

• Latin: poeta m
• Latvian: dzejnieks m, dzejniece f
• Lithuanian: poetas m, poetė f, (literature, poetic) poeta
• Macedonian: поет m (poet)
• Malay: penyair
• Malayalam: കവി (ml) (kavi)
• Maltese: poeta m, poetessa f
• Marathi: कवि m (kavi), कवयित्री f (kavyitrī)
• Mongolian: шүлэгч (mn) (šülegč)
• Norman: poète m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: poet m, dikter (no) m

  Nynorak: poet m, diktar m

• Occitan: poèta (oc) m, poetessa f
• Old English: sċop m
• Ossetian: поэт (poèt)
• Pali: kavi m
• Persian: شاعر‎ (fa) (šâ'er), شاعره‎ (fa) (šâ'ere) (female)
• Polish: poeta (pl) m, poetka (pl) f
• Portuguese: poeta (pt) m, poetisa (pt) f
• Romanian: poet (ro) m, poetă (ro) f
• Russian: поэ́т (ru) m (poét), поэте́сса (ru) f (poetɛ́ssa)
• Samogitian: puoets m, puoetė f
• Sanskrit: कवि (sa) m (kavi), काव्यम् (sa) m (kāvyam)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: песник m, пјесник m, песникиња f, пјесникиња f

  Roman: pesnik m, pjesnik (sh) m, pesnikinja f, pjesnikinja (sh) f

• Sicilian: pueta (scn)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: básnik m, básnička f, poeta (sk) m, poetka f
• Slovene: pesnik (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: basnik m

• Spanish: poeta (es) m or f, poetisa (es) f
• Swahili: mshairi
• Swedish: poet (sv)
• Tagalog: makata, manunula
• Tajik: шоир (tg) (šoyir), шеърнавис (šeʾrnavis), нозим (nozim), шоира (tg) (šoyira) (female)
• Tatar: шагыйрь (tt) (şağıyr’)
• Telugu: కవి (te) m (kavi), కవయిత్రి (te) f (kavayitri)
• Thai: กวี (th) (gà-wii)
• Turkish: şair (tr), ozan (tr)
• Turkmen: şahyr, kyssachy
• Ukrainian: пое́т m (poét)
• Urdu: شاعر‎ (ur) m (śāir), شاعرہ‎ f (śāira)
• Uzbek: shoir (uz)
• Vietnamese: thi sĩ (vi), nhà thơ (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) poedan (vo), (♂) hipoedan, (♀) jipoedan
• Welsh: bardd (cy) m
• Yiddish: דיכטער‎ m (dikhter), פּאָעט‎ m (poet)

Anagrams

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

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Danish

Noun

poet

1. poet

Declension

Declension of poet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	poet	poeten	poeter	poeterne
genitive	poets	poetens	poeters	poeternes

Synonyms

• digter

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

poet m (uncountable)

1. loot, stolen money

Anagrams

• pote, toep

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈeːt/
• IPA^(key): /puˈeːt/

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poeter, definite plural poetene)

1. a poet

Synonyms

• dikter

Related terms

• poesi

References

• “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poetar, definite plural poetane)

1. a poet

Synonyms

• diktar

Related terms

• poesi

References

• “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Verb

poet

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈet/

Noun

poet m (plural poeți)

1. poet

   Mare poet național. ― Great national poet.

2. (figuratively) poet (person with a creative or romantic imagination)

Declension

Declension of poet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) poet	poetul	(niște) poeți	poeții
genitive/dative	(unui) poet	poetului	(unor) poeți	poeților
vocative	poetule		poeților

Related terms

• poetă (“poetess”)
• poezie (“poetry”)

References

• poet in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

poet c

1. poet

Declension

Declension of poet
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	poet	poeten	poeter	poeterna
Genitive	poets	poetens	poeters	poeternas

Synonyms

• diktare
• lyriker
• rimsmed

Related terms

• poem
• poesi
• poetisk