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Complete Definition of "poet"

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English

Etymology
From Old French poete < L. poeta|poēta "poet, author" < AGr. polytonic|ποητής (poētēs), variant of polytonic|ποιητής (poiētēs) "maker, author, poet" < polytonic|ποιέω (poieō) "I make or compose" < PIE *kwoiwo- "making" < base *qwei- "to make".

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-əʊɪt|-əʊɪt

Noun
poet

  1. a person who writes poems

Translations

Dutch: dichter m
German: Poet m, Dichter m
Greek: ποιητής m
Hungarian: költő, poéta
Icelandic: skáld n, ljóðskáld n
Irish: bard m
Italian: poeta m poetessa f
Kurdish: KUchar|بوێژ
Malayalam: കവി (kavi)
Maltese: poeta m, poetessa f
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Portuguese: poeta m, poetisa f
Russian: поэт m, поэтесса f
Serbian: pesnik m, pesnikinja f, pesmopisac m, pesmopisateljica f
Scottish Gaelic: bard m
Spanish: poeta m, poetisa f
Swedish: poet#Swedish|poet
Telugu: కవి (kavi) m, కవయిత్రి (kavayitri) f
Welsh: bardd m


Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-poet.ogg|audio

Noun
poet c

  1. poet#English|poet

Synonyms
diktare

Related terms
poem
poesi

Category:Swedish nouns

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