# poeta
## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

poeta m or f (plural poetes)
* poet (person who writes poems)

## Basque
### Etymology

From Spanish poeta, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poeta/ [po.e.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Hyphenation: po‧e‧ta

### Noun

poeta anim
* poet
    Synonym: olerkari

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “poeta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “poeta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

poeta m or f by sense (plural poetes)
* poet

#### Related terms

* poema
* poesia

### Further reading

* “poeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “poeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “poeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “poeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Estonian
### Noun

poeta
* abessive singular of pood

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Noun

poeta m or f by sense (plural poetas)
* poet

#### Related terms

* poema
* poesía
* poetisa

### Further reading

* “poeta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈɛ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Hyphenation: po‧è‧ta

#### Noun

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poetessa)
* poet (male or of unspecified gender)

##### Related terms

* poesia
* poetare
* poetico

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

poeta
* inflection of poetare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* poeta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* epato-, peota

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /poˈeː.ta/, [poˈeːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /poˈe.ta/, [poˈɛːt̪ä]

### Noun

poēta m (genitive poētae); first declension
* poet
    Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Coordinate terms

* poētria (“poetess”)

#### Derived terms

* poētaster
* poētor

#### Related terms

* poēma

#### Related terms

* poēma
* poēsis
* poētica
* poēticē
* poēticus
* poētria
* poētris

#### Descendants

* Asturian: poeta
* Aromanian: puet
* Catalan: poeta
* Corsican: pueta
* Extremaduran: pueta
* Old French: poete
** Middle English: poete
*** English: poet
** Middle French: poete
*** French: poète
* Friulian: poete
* Galician: poeta
* Italian: poeta
* Piedmontese: poeta
* Polish: poeta
* Portuguese: poeta
* Romanian: poet
* Sicilian: puita
* Spanish: poeta

### References

* “poeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “poeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* poeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. an epic, heroic poet: poeta epicus a dramatic poet: poeta scaenicus a writer of tragedy, comedy: scriptor tragoediarum, comoediarum, also (poeta) tragicus, comicus
* poeta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poeta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈɛː.ta/

### Noun

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poeta or poetessa)
* poet

#### Related terms

* poetiku
* poeżija

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /puˈeta/

### Noun

poeta m
* poet

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin poēta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈɛ.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Syllabification: po‧e‧ta

### Noun

poeta m pers (female equivalent poetka or poetessa)
* (poetry) poet (person who writes poems)

#### Derived terms

* poetycki
* poetyk
* poetyka
* poetyzacja
* poetyzm
* poetyzować impf, spoetyzować pf, upoetyzować pf

#### Related terms

* poematowy
* poematyczny
* poetyczny
* poezyjny
* poetycko
* poetycznie
* poema
* poemacik
* poemat
* poetyckość
* poetyczność
* poezja
* poezyjka

### Further reading

* poeta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* poeta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈɛ.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /poˈɛ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /poˈɛ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpwɛ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: po‧e‧ta

### Noun

poeta m or f (plural poetas, feminine poetisa, feminine plural poetisas)
* poet

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poeta.

### Further reading

* “poeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈeta/ [poˈe.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: po‧e‧ta

### Noun

poeta m (plural poetas, feminine poeta or poetisa, feminine plural poetas or poetisas)
* poet

#### Derived terms

* canto a lo poeta
* ojo de poeta
* ¿eres poeta? ¡pues súbete la bragueta!

#### Related terms

* poema
* poesía
* poético

### Further reading

* “poeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10