poet

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English

Alternative forms

• poët, poete, poëte (rare, archaic)

Etymology

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, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/, /ˈpəʊ.ət/, (uncommon) /ˈpɔː.ɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.ɪt/, /poː(ə)t/, /ˈpoː.ɛt/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪt, -əʊət, -əʊɛt, -ɔːɪt

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

Translations

Further reading

• “poet, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “poet, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →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

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

Danish

Etymology

From German Poet, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Noun

poet c (singular definite poeten, plural indefinite poeter)

1. (higher register or humorous) poet

   Synonyms: digter, lyriker

   Coordinate term: skjald

Declension

References

• “poet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

poet m (uncountable)

1. loot, stolen money

Anagrams

• pote, toep

Middle English

Noun

poet

1. alternative form of poete

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poēta.

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poēta.

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.

Old French

Verb

poet

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poēta. Compare Aromanian puet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈet/

Noun

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

1. poet

   Synonym: (obsolete) șair

   Mare poet național. ― Great national poet.

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

Declension

Related terms

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

References

• “poet”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

poet c

1. a poet

Declension

Synonyms

• diktare
• lyriker
• rimsmed
• (higher register) skald

Related terms

• poem
• poesi
• poetisk

References

• poet in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• poet in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• poet in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)