poetic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊˈɛtɪk/
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• General-American: /poʊˈɛtɪk/
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• Australian: /poʊˈetɪk/
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From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Doublet of poietic.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: digterlik — relating to poetry
• Arabic: شِعْرِيّ (šiʕriyy) — relating to poetry
• Armenian: բանաստեղծական (banasteġcakan) — relating to poetry
• Bashkir: шиғри (şiğri) — relating to poetry
• Belarusian: паэты́чны (paetýčny) — relating to poetry
• Bulgarian: поетичен (poetičen) — relating to poetry
• Catalan: poètic — relating to poetry
• Dutch: poëtisch — relating to poetry
• Dutch: dichterlijk — relating to poetry
• Esperanto: poezia — relating to poetry
• Finnish: runollinen — relating to poetry
• French: poétique — relating to poetry
• Galician: poético — relating to poetry
• Georgian: პოეტური (ṗoeṭuri) — relating to poetry
• Georgian: სალექსო (salekso) — relating to poetry
• German: dichterisch — relating to poetry
• German: poetisch — relating to poetry
• Greek: ποιητικός (poiitikós) — relating to poetry
• Ancient Greek: ποιητικός (poiētikós) — relating to poetry
• Hungarian: költői — relating to poetry
• Interlingua: poetic — relating to poetry
• Italian: poetico — relating to poetry
• Kazakh: ақындық (aqyndyq) — relating to poetry
• Kazakh: поэтикалық (poétikalyq) — relating to poetry
• Kazakh: поэзиялық (poéziälyq) — relating to poetry
• Malayalam: കാവ്യ (kāvya) — relating to poetry
• Malayalam: കാവ്യാത്മക (kāvyātmaka) — relating to poetry
• Old English: sċoplīċ — relating to poetry
• Old English: lēoþlīċ — relating to poetry
• Pannonian Rusyn: поетични (poetični) — relating to poetry
• Polish: poetycki — relating to poetry
• Portuguese: poético — relating to poetry
• Romanian: poetic — relating to poetry
• Russian: поэти́ческий (poetíčeskij) — relating to poetry
• Russian: поэти́чный (poetíčnyj) — relating to poetry
• Sanskrit: कवितात्मक (kavitātmaka) — relating to poetry
• Scots: poetic — relating to poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsničkī — relating to poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: pòetskī — relating to poetry
• Spanish: poético — relating to poetry
• Swedish: poetisk — relating to poetry
• Telugu: కవితాత్మక (kavitātmaka) — relating to poetry
• Turkish: şiirsel — relating to poetry
• Ukrainian: поети́чний (poetýčnyj) — relating to poetry
• Welsh: barddol — relating to poetry
• Yiddish: פּאָעטיש (poetish) — relating to poetry
• Armenian: բանաստեղծական (banasteġcakan) — characteristic of poets
• Catalan: poètic — characteristic of poets
• Dutch: poëtisch — characteristic of poets
• Dutch: dichterlijk — characteristic of poets
• French: poétique — characteristic of poets
• Georgian: პოეტური (ṗoeṭuri) — characteristic of poets
• German: dichterisch — characteristic of poets
• German: poetisch — characteristic of poets
• Greek: ποιητικός (poiitikós) — characteristic of poets
• Hungarian: költői — characteristic of poets
• Italian: poetico — characteristic of poets
• Old English: sċoplīċ — characteristic of poets
• Old English: lēoþlīċ — characteristic of poets
• Portuguese: poético — characteristic of poets
• Russian: поэти́ческий (poetíčeskij) — characteristic of poets
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsničkī — characteristic of poets
• Serbo-Croatian: pòetskī — characteristic of poets
• Spanish: poético — characteristic of poets
• Ukrainian: поети́чний (poetýčnyj) — characteristic of poets
• Yiddish: פּאָעטיש (poetish) — characteristic of poets
• Yiddish: דיכטעריש (dikhterish) — characteristic of poets