poet

• poët, poete, poëte (rare, archaic)

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.

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

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
• Rhymes: -əʊɪt

poet (plural poets)

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

• poetess (female, dated)
• versifier

• “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.

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

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

poet c (singular definite poeten, plural indefinite poeter)

1. (higher register or humorous) poet

   Synonyms: digter, lyriker

   Coordinate term: skjald

• “poet” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /put/

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• Rhymes: -ut

poet m (uncountable)

1. loot, stolen money

• pote, toep

poet

1. alternative form of poete

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

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

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

1. a poet

• dikter

• poesi

• “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. a poet

• diktar

• poesi

• “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

poet

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

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

• IPA^(key): /poˈet/

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)

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

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

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poet c

1. a poet

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

• poem
• poesi
• poetisk

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