poetess

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊ.ɪˈtɛs/
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• General-American: /ˈpoʊ.ɪˌtɛs/
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From poet + -ess. Compare Middle English poetresse (“poetess”).

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَاعِرَة (šāʕira) — female poet
• Armenian: բանաստեղծուհի (banasteġcuhi) — female poet
• Azerbaijani: şairə — female poet
• Bashkir: шағирә (şağirə) — female poet
• Belarusian: паэ́тка (paétka) — female poet
• Belarusian: паэтэ́са (paetésa) — female poet
• Bulgarian: поете́са (poetésa) — female poet
• Catalan: poetessa — female poet
• Chinese Mandarin: 女詩人 /女诗人 (nǚshīrén) — female poet
• Czech: básnířka — female poet
• Czech: poetka — female poet
• Danish: digterinde — female poet
• Dutch: dichteres — female poet
• Dutch: poëte — female poet
• Esperanto: poetino — female poet
• Finnish: runoilijatar — female poet
• French: poétesse — female poet
• Galician: poetisa — female poet
• German: Dichterin — female poet
• German: Poetin — female poet
• Greek: ποιήτρια (poiítria) — female poet
• Ancient Greek: ποιήτρια (poiḗtria) — female poet
• Hindi: शायरा (śāyrā) — female poet
• Hungarian: költőnő — female poet
• Icelandic: skáldkona — female poet
• Ido: poetino — female poet
• Irish: banfhile — female poet
• Irish: file mná — female poet
• Italian: poetessa — female poet
• Japanese: 女流詩人 (joryū shijin) — female poet
• Korean: 여류시인 (yeoryusiin) — female poet
• Korean: 녀류시인 (nyeoryusiin) — female poet
• Latin: poētria — female poet
• Latvian: dzejniece — female poet
• Lithuanian: poetė — female poet
• Macedonian: поете́са (poetésa) — female poet
• Marathi: कवयित्री (kavyitrī) — female poet
• Norwegian Bokmål: poetinne — female poet
• Persian: شَاعِرَه (šā'ira) — female poet
• Iranian Persian: شَاعِرِه (šâ'ere) — female poet
• Polish: poetka — female poet
• Portuguese: poetisa — female poet
• Portuguese: poetiça — female poet
• Romanian: poetă — female poet
• Romanian: poetesă — female poet
• Russian: поэте́сса (poetɛ́ssa) — female poet
• Scottish Gaelic: bana-bhàrd — female poet
• Serbo-Croatian: песникиња — female poet
• Serbo-Croatian: пјесникиња — female poet
• Serbo-Croatian: pesnikinja — female poet
• Serbo-Croatian: pjesnikinja — female poet
• Slovak: básnička — female poet
• Slovak: poetka — female poet
• Slovene: pesnica — female poet
• Lower Sorbian: basnikarka — female poet
• Spanish: poetisa — female poet
• Swedish: poetissa — female poet
• Tajik: шоира (šoyira) — female poet
• Telugu: కవయిత్రి (kavayitri) — female poet
• Turkish: şaire — female poet
• Ottoman Turkish: شاعره (şâire) — female poet
• Ukrainian: поете́са (poetésa) — female poet
• Urdu: شاعِرَہ (śā'ira) — female poet
• Uyghur: شائىرە (sha'ire) — female poet
• Uzbek: shoira — female poet