poete

• poëte (rare or archaic)

poete (plural poetes)

1. Obsolete spelling of poet.

• EPETO, topee

Learned borrowing from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”).

poete ? (plural poetis)

1. poet

poete m

1. locative/vocative singular of poetas

• poet, poyet
• poiette, poiet, poyete, poyt, poyte (Late Middle English)
• pohete (Early Scots)

Borrowed from Middle French poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”).

Forms in poi-, poy- may represent the development of an epenthetic glide in Middle English or remodelling after Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

• IPA^(key): /pɔːˈɛːt(ə)/, /ˈpɔːɛt(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /pɔi̯ˈɛːt(ə)/, /ˈpɔi̯(ɛ)t(ə)/ (corresponding to forms in poi-, poy-)

poete (plural poetes)

1. poet (writer of poetry)

• English: poet
• Middle Scots: poet, poeit, poyet
  • Scots: poet, poyet

• “poet(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”).

poete m (plural poetes)

1. poet

• French: poète
• Norman: poète
• → Middle English: poete, poet, poyet, poiette, poiet, poyete, poyt, poyte (Late Middle English), pohete (Early Scots)
  • English: poet
  • Middle Scots: poet, poeit, poyet
    • Scots: poet, poyet

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”).

poete oblique singular, m (oblique plural poetes, nominative singular poetes, nominative plural poete)

1. poet

• Middle French: poete
  • French: poète
  • Norman: poète
  • → Middle English: poete, poet, poyet, poiette, poiet, poyete, poyt, poyte (Late Middle English), pohete (Early Scots)
    • English: poet
    • Middle Scots: poet, poeit, poyet
      • Scots: poet, poyet

poete f pl

1. plural of poetă