poet

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• UK: /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/
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• UK: /ˈpəʊ.ət/
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• UK, uncommon: /ˈpɔː.ɪt/
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• US: /ˈpoʊ.ət/
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• US: /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/
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• US: [ˈphoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
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• Canada: /ˈpoː.ɪt/
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• Canada: /poː(ə)t/
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• Canada: /ˈpoː.ɛt/
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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, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.

214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: digter — person who writes poems
• Albanian: poet — person who writes poems
• Amharic: ገጣሚ (gäṭami) — person who writes poems
• Arabic: شَاعِر (šāʕir) — person who writes poems
• Arabic: شَاعِرَة (šāʕira) — person who writes poems
• Arabic: شاعر (šāʕer) — person who writes poems
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܚܘܿܪܵܐ (māḥōrā) — person who writes poems
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܚܘܿܪܬܵܐ (māḥōrtā) — person who writes poems
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܫܘܿܚܵܐ (māšōḥā) — person who writes poems
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܫܘܿܚܬܵܐ (māšōḥtā) — person who writes poems
• Armenian: պոետ (poet) — person who writes poems
• Armenian: բանաստեղծ (banasteġc) — person who writes poems
• Armenian: բանաստեղծուհի (banasteġcuhi) — person who writes poems
• Asturian: poeta — person who writes poems
• Azerbaijani: şair — person who writes poems
• Azerbaijani: şairə — person who writes poems
• Baluchi: شاہر (šáhar, šáhir) — person who writes poems
• Baluchi: شاعر — person who writes poems
• Bashkir: шағир (şağir) — person who writes poems
• Bashkir: шағирә (şağirə) — person who writes poems
• Basque: olerkari — person who writes poems
• Basque: poeta — person who writes poems
• Belarusian: паэ́т (paét) — person who writes poems
• Belarusian: паэтэ́са (paetésa) — person who writes poems
• Belarusian: паэ́тка (paétka) — person who writes poems
• Bengali: কবি (kobi) — person who writes poems
• Bengali: শায়ের (śaẏer) — person who writes poems
• Bulgarian: пое́т (poét) — person who writes poems
• Bulgarian: поете́са (poetésa) — person who writes poems
• Burmese: ကဗျာဆရာ (ka.byahca.ra) — person who writes poems
• Burmese: စာဆို (cahcui) — person who writes poems
• Burmese: ကဝိ (ka.wi.) — person who writes poems
• Carpathian Rusyn: пое́т (poét) — person who writes poems
• Catalan: poeta — person who writes poems
• Chinese Cantonese: 詩人 /诗人 (si1 jan4) — person who writes poems
• Chinese: сыжын (sɨřɨn) — person who writes poems
• Chinese: 詩人 /诗人 (zh-min-nan) — person who writes poems
• Chinese Mandarin: 詩人 /诗人 (shīrén) — person who writes poems
• Wu Chinese: 詩人 /诗人 — person who writes poems
• Czech: básník — person who writes poems
• Czech: básnířka — person who writes poems
• Czech: poeta — person who writes poems
• Czech: poetka — person who writes poems
• Danish: digter — person who writes poems
• Danish: digterinde — person who writes poems
• Dutch: dichter — person who writes poems
• Dutch: poëet — person who writes poems
• Dutch: dichteres — person who writes poems
• Dutch: poëte — person who writes poems
• Esperanto: poeto — person who writes poems
• Estonian: luuletaja — person who writes poems
• Extremaduran: pueta — person who writes poems
• Faroese: yrkjari — person who writes poems
• Faroese: skald — person who writes poems
• Faroese: rímari — person who writes poems
• Finnish: runoilija — person who writes poems
• French: poète — person who writes poems
• French: poétesse — person who writes poems
• Galician: poeta — person who writes poems
• Georgian: პოეტი (ṗoeṭi) — person who writes poems
• German: Dichter — person who writes poems
• German: Dichterin — person who writes poems
• German: Poet — person who writes poems
• German: Poetin — person who writes poems
• Bavarian German: Schriftstölarin — person who writes poems
• Greek: ποιητής (poiitís) — person who writes poems
• Greek: ποιήτρια (poiítria) — person who writes poems
• Ancient Greek: ποιητής (poiētḗs) — person who writes poems
• Ancient Greek: ποιήτρια (poiḗtria) — person who writes poems
• Gujarati: કવિ (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Haitian Creole: powèt — person who writes poems
• Hebrew: פַּיטָן \ פייטן (paytán) — person who writes poems
• Hebrew: מְשׁוֹרֵר (meshorér) — person who writes poems
• Hindi: कवि (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Hindi: कवयित्री (kavyitrī) — person who writes poems
• Hindi: शायर (śāyar) — person who writes poems
• Hindi: शायरा (śāyrā) — person who writes poems
• Hungarian: költő — person who writes poems
• Hungarian: poéta — person who writes poems
• Icelandic: skáld — person who writes poems
• Icelandic: ljóðskáld — person who writes poems
• Ido: poeto — person who writes poems
• Ilocano: mannaniw — person who writes poems
• Indonesian: penyair — person who writes poems
• Indonesian: pujangga — person who writes poems
• Irish: file — person who writes poems
• Irish: bard — person who writes poems
• Italian: poeta — person who writes poems
• Italian: poetessa — person who writes poems
• Japanese: 詩人 (shijin) — person who writes poems
• Kannada: ಕವಿ (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Kazakh: ақын (aqyn) — person who writes poems
• Khmer: កវី (kaʼvəy) — person who writes poems
• Korean: 시인 (siin) — person who writes poems
• Central Kurdish: بوێژ (bwêj) — person who writes poems
• Northern Kurdish: helbestvan — person who writes poems
• Northern Kurdish: şaîr — person who writes poems
• Kyrgyz: акын (akın) — person who writes poems
• Lao: ກະວີ (ka wī) — person who writes poems
• Lao: ນັກແຕ່ງກາບກອນ (nak tǣng kāp kǭn) — person who writes poems
• Latgalian: poets — person who writes poems
• Latgalian: ailinīks — person who writes poems
• Latin: poēta — person who writes poems
• Latin: poētria — person who writes poems
• Latvian: dzejnieks — person who writes poems
• Latvian: dzejniece — person who writes poems
• Lithuanian: poetas — person who writes poems
• Lithuanian: poetė — person who writes poems
• Lithuanian: poeta — person who writes poems
• Macedonian: поет (poet) — person who writes poems
• Malay: penyair — person who writes poems
• Malayalam: കവി (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Maltese: poeta — person who writes poems
• Maltese: poetessa — person who writes poems
• Māori: kaitito toikupu — person who writes poems
• Marathi: कवी (kavī) — person who writes poems
• Marathi: कवयित्री (kavyitrī) — person who writes poems
• Middle English: poete — person who writes poems
• Mongolian: шүлэгч (šülegč) — person who writes poems
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢ (silügči) — person who writes poems
• Nepali: कवि (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Norman: poète — person who writes poems
• Norwegian Bokmål: poet — person who writes poems
• Norwegian Bokmål: dikter — person who writes poems
• Norwegian Bokmål: poetinne — person who writes poems
• Norwegian Nynorsk: poet — person who writes poems
• Norwegian Nynorsk: diktar — person who writes poems
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skald — person who writes poems
• Occitan: poèta — person who writes poems
• Occitan: poetessa — person who writes poems
• Odia: କବି (kabi) — person who writes poems
• Old English: sċop — person who writes poems
• Ossetian: поэт (poèt) — person who writes poems
• Pali: kavi — person who writes poems
• Pashto: شاعر (šā'ér) — person who writes poems
• Dari: شَاعِر (šā'ir) — person who writes poems
• Dari: شَاعِرَه (šā'ira) — person who writes poems
• Iranian Persian: شاعِر (šâ'er) — person who writes poems
• Iranian Persian: شاعِرِه (šâ'ere) — person who writes poems
• Polish: poeta — person who writes poems
• Polish: poetka — person who writes poems
• Portuguese: poeta — person who writes poems
• Portuguese: poetisa — person who writes poems
• Punjabi: ਕਵੀ (kavī) — person who writes poems
• Romanian: poet — person who writes poems
• Romanian: poetă — person who writes poems
• Russian: поэ́т (poét) — person who writes poems
• Russian: поэте́сса (poetɛ́ssa) — person who writes poems
• Samogitian: puoets — person who writes poems
• Samogitian: puoetė — person who writes poems
• Sanskrit: कवि (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Sanskrit: काव्यम् (kāvyam) — person who writes poems
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrd — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏снӣк — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: пје̏снӣк — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏сникиња — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: пје̏сникиња — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅsnīk — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsnīk — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅsnikinja — person who writes poems
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsnikinja — person who writes poems
• Sicilian: pueta — person who writes poems
• Sikkimese: སྙན་ངག་མཁན (snyan ngag mkhan) — person who writes poems
• Sinhalese: කවියා (kawiyā) — person who writes poems
• Slovak: básnik — person who writes poems
• Slovak: básnička — person who writes poems
• Slovak: poeta — person who writes poems
• Slovak: poetka — person who writes poems
• Slovene: pesnik — person who writes poems
• Slovene: pesnica — person who writes poems
• Upper Sorbian: basnik — person who writes poems
• Southern Altai: ӱлгерчи (ülgerči) — person who writes poems
• Spanish: poeta — person who writes poems
• Spanish: poetisa — person who writes poems
• Spanish: lirófono — person who writes poems
• Swahili: mshairi — person who writes poems
• Swedish: poet — person who writes poems
• Swedish: poetissa — person who writes poems
• Tagalog: makata — person who writes poems
• Tagalog: manunula — person who writes poems
• Tajik: шоир (šoyir) — person who writes poems
• Tajik: шоира (šoyira) — person who writes poems
• Tajik: шеърнавис (še'rnavis) — person who writes poems
• Tajik: нозим (nozim) — person who writes poems
• Tamil: கவிஞர் (kaviñar) — person who writes poems
• Tarifit: amedyaz — person who writes poems
• Tatar: шагыйрь (şağir) — person who writes poems
• Telugu: కవి (kavi) — person who writes poems
• Telugu: కవయిత్రి (kavayitri) — person who writes poems
• Thai: กวี (gà-wii) — person who writes poems
• Tibetan: སྙན་ངག་མཁན (snyan ngag mkhan) — person who writes poems
• Tigrinya: ገጣሚ (gäṭami) — person who writes poems
• Turkish: şair — person who writes poems
• Turkish: ozan — person who writes poems
• Turkish: şaire — person who writes poems
• Turkmen: şahyr — person who writes poems
• Turkmen: kyssachy — person who writes poems
• Ukrainian: пое́т (poét) — person who writes poems
• Ukrainian: поете́са (poetésa) — person who writes poems
• Ukrainian: пое́тка (poétka) — person who writes poems
• Urdu: شاعِر (śā'ir) — person who writes poems
• Urdu: شاعِرَہ (śā'ira) — person who writes poems
• Uyghur: شائىر (sha'ir) — person who writes poems
• Uyghur: شائىرە (sha'ire) — person who writes poems
• Uzbek: shoir — person who writes poems
• Uzbek: shoira — person who writes poems
• Vietnamese: thi sĩ — person who writes poems
• Vietnamese: nhà thơ — person who writes poems
• Volapük: poedan — person who writes poems
• Volapük: hipoedan — person who writes poems
• Volapük: jipoedan — person who writes poems
• Welsh: bardd — person who writes poems
• Yiddish: דיכטער (dikhter) — person who writes poems
• Yiddish: פּאָעט (poet) — person who writes poems