poet

See also: Poet and poët

English

Alternative forms

• poët (rare or archaic)
• poete (rare or archaic)
• poëte (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”). Displaced native Old English sċop.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (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
• Amharic: ገጣሚ (gäṭami)
• 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 (şağir), шағирә (şağirä) (female)
• Basque: olerkari, poeta
• Bavarian: Schriftstölarin
• Belarusian: паэ́т m (paét), паэтэ́са f (paetésa), паэ́тка f (paétka)
• Bengali: কবি (bn) (kôbi), শায়ের (bn) (śaẏer)
• Bulgarian: пое́т (bg) m (poét), поете́са f (poetésa)
• Burmese: စာဆို (my) (cahcui), ကဝိ (my) (ka.wi.)
• Catalan: poeta (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 詩人, 诗人 (si¹ jan⁴)

  Dungan: сыжын (sɨřɨn)

  Mandarin: 詩人 (zh), 诗人 (zh) (shīrén)

  Min Nan: 詩人 (zh-min-nan), 诗人 (si-lîn / si-jîn)

• Czech: básník (cs) m, básnířka (cs) f, poeta (cs) m, poetka (cs) f
• Danish: digter (da) c
• Dutch: dichter (nl) m, poëet (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 (gl) 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)

• Gujarati: કવિ m (kavi)
• Hebrew: פַּיטָן \ פייטן‎ m (paytán), מְשׁוֹרֵר‎ (he) m (meshorér)
• Hindi: कवि (hi) m (kavi), कवयित्री f (kavyitrī), शायर (hi) m (śāyar), शायरा f (śāyrā)
• 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)
• Kannada: ಕವಿ (kn) (kavi)
• Kazakh: ақын (kk) (aqyn)
• Khmer: កវី (km) (kaʼvəy)
• Korean: 시인(詩人) (ko) (siin)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بوێژ‎ (bwêj)

  Northern Kurdish: helbestvan (ku) m or f, şaîr (ku) m

• 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:

  Cyrillic: шүлэгч (mn) (šülegč)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ (silüɣči)

• Nepali: कवि (ne) (kavi)
• 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
• Oriya: କବି (or) (kôbi)
• Ossetian: поэт (poèt)
• Pali: kavi m
• Pashto: شاعر‎ (ps) m (šā'ér)
• Persian: شاعر‎ (fa) (šâ'er), شاعره‎ (fa) (šâ'ere) (female)
• Polish: poeta (pl) m, poetka (pl) f
• Portuguese: poeta (pt) m, poetisa (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕਵੀ (kavī)
• Romanian: poet (ro) m, poetă (ro) f
• Russian: поэ́т (ru) m (poét), поэте́сса (ru) f (poetɛ́ssa)
• Rusyn: пое́т m (poét)
• Samogitian: puoets m, puoetė f
• Sanskrit: कवि (sa) m (kavi), काव्यम् (sa) m (kāvyam)
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пе̏снӣк m, пје̏снӣк m, пе̏сникиња f, пје̏сникиња f

  Roman: pȅsnīk m, pjȅsnīk (sh) m, pȅsnikinja f, pjȅsnikinja (sh) f

• Sicilian: pueta (scn)
• Sinhalese: කවියා (kawiyā)
• 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)
• Tamil: கவிஞர் (ta) (kaviñar)
• Tatar: шагыйрь (tt) (şağıyr’)
• Telugu: కవి (te) m (kavi), కవయిత్రి (te) f (kavayitri)
• Thai: กวี (th) (gà-wii)
• Tibetan: སྙན་ངག་མཁན (snyan ngag mkhan)
• Tigrinya: ገጣሚ (gäṭami)
• Turkish: şair (tr), ozan (tr)
• Turkmen: şahyr, kyssachy
• Ukrainian: пое́т m (poét), поете́са f (poetésa), пое́тка f (poétka)
• Urdu: شاعر‎ (ur) m (śāir), شاعرہ‎ f (śāira)
• Uyghur: شائىر‎ (sha'ir)
• 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. Compare Aromanian puet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈet/

Noun

poet m (plural poeți, feminine equivalent poetă or poetesă)

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

• poetesă (“poetess”)
• poezie (“poetry”)
• poetic (“poetic”)

References

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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