poet

See also: Poet and poët

English

Alternative forms

• poët, poete, poëte (rare, 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. Doublet of piyyut.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pōʹĭt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/, [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

• antipoet
• arch-poet
• be a poet and not know it
• concrete poet
• cyberpoet
• cyclic poet
• ecopoet
• 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

person who writes poems

• Afrikaans: digter (af)
• Albanian: poet (sq) m
• Amharic: ገጣሚ (gäṭami)
• Arabic: شَاعِر m (šāʕir), شَاعِرَة f (šāʕira)

  Egyptian Arabic: شاعر m (šāʕer)

• Armenian: պոետ (hy) (poet), բանաստեղծ (hy) (banasteġc)
• Asturian: poeta m or f
• Azerbaijani: şair (az)
• Baluchi: شاہر (šáhar, šáhir), شاعر
• Bashkir: шағир (şağir), шағирә (şağirə) (female)
• Basque: olerkari, poeta
• Bavarian: Schriftstölarin
• Belarusian: паэ́т m (paét), паэтэ́са f (paetésa), паэ́тка f (paétka)
• Bengali: কবি (bn) (kobi), শায়ের (bn) (śaẏer)
• Bulgarian: пое́т (bg) m (poét), поете́са f (poetésa)
• Burmese: စာဆို (my) (cahcui), ကဝိ (my) (ka.wi.)
• Carpathian Rusyn: пое́т m (poét)
• Catalan: poeta (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 詩人／诗人 (si¹ jan⁴)

  Dungan: сыжын (sɨřɨn)

  Hokkien: 詩人／诗人 (zh-min-nan) (si-lîn / si-jîn)

  Mandarin: 詩人／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, 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 (de) 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: कवी m (kavī), 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
• Odia: କବି (or) (kôbi)
• Old English: sċop m
• 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)
• 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)
• Tarifit: amedyaz m
• 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)

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

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

poet m (uncountable)

1. loot, stolen money

Anagrams

• pote, toep

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.

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.

Old French

Verb

poet

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

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

   Synonym: (obsolete) șair

   Mare poet național. ― Great national poet.

2. (figurative) 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)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

poet c

1. a 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
• (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)