poet
English
Alternative forms
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, “I make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pōʹĭt
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
- Rhymes: -əʊɪt
Noun
poet (plural poets)
- A person who writes poems.
- A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- 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
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Further reading
- “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
Danish
Noun
poet
- poet
Declension
Synonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
poet m (uncountable)
- loot, stolen money
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.
Pronunciation
Noun
poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poeter, definite plural poetene)
- a poet
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.
Noun
poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poetar, definite plural poetane)
- a poet
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Verb
poet
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poeta. Compare Aromanian puet.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | poet | poetul | poeți | poeții | |
genitive-dative | poet | poetului | poeți | poeților | |
vocative | poetule | poeților |
Related terms
References
- poet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
poet c
- a poet
Declension
Synonyms
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References
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/əʊɪt
- Rhymes:English/əʊɪt/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Poetry
- en:People
- en:Occupations
- Danish lemmas
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ut
- Rhymes:Dutch/ut/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
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- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Old French non-lemma forms
- Old French verb forms
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