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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Related terms

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French poete < Latin poēta "poet, author" < Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētēs) "creator, maker, author, poet" < ποιέω (poieō) "I make or compose" < PIE *kwoiwo- "making" < base *qwei- "to make".

[ Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɪt

[ Noun

Singular poet

Plural poets

poet (plural poets)

1. a person who writes poems

[ Translations

person who writes poems

Chiense: Cantonese: 詩人 (si1 jan4) Mandarin: 诗人 (shī rén) Dutch: dichter nl(nl) m. Finnish: runoilija fi(fi) French: poète fr(fr) m. German: Poet de(de), Dichter de(de) m. Greek: ποιητής el(el) (poiītís) m., ποιήτρια el(el) (poiítria) f. Hungarian: költő hu(hu), poéta hu(hu) Icelandic: skáld is(is) n., ljóðskáld is(is) n. Ido: poeto io(io) Irish: bard ga(ga) m. Italian: poeta it(it) m., poetessa it(it) f.

Japanese: 詩人 ja(ja) (shijin) Kurdish: بوێژ Malayalam: കവി ml(ml) (kavi) Maltese: poeta mt(mt) m., poetessa mt(mt) f. Portuguese: poeta pt(pt) m., poetisa pt(pt) f. Russian: поэт ru(ru) m., поэтесса ru(ru) f. Serbian: pesnik m., pesnikinja f., pesmopisac m., pesmopisateljica f. Scottish Gaelic: bard gd(gd) m. Spanish: poeta es(es) m., poetisa es(es) f. Swedish: poet sv(sv) Telugu: కవి te(te) (kavi) m., కవయిత్రి te(te) (kavayitri) f. Welsh: bardd cy(cy) m.

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[ Dutch

[ Noun

poet c.

1. loot, stolen money

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[ Swedish

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

poet c.

1. poet

[ Synonyms

• diktare

[ Related terms

• poem
• poesi