# poet
## English
### Alternative forms

* poët, poete, poëte (rare, archaic)

### 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: /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /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

* poetess (female, dated)
* versifier

#### 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
### 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
* poet

#### Synonyms

* digter

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /put/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut

### Noun

poet m (uncountable)
* loot, stolen money

### Anagrams

* pote, toep

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈeːt/
* IPA: /puˈeːt/

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* dikter

#### Related terms

* poesi

### References

* “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* diktar

#### Related terms

* poesi

### References

* “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Verb

poet
* third-person singular present indicative of poeir

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈet/

### 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)

#### 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:(file)

### Noun

poet c
* a poet

#### 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)