poet
English
/ˈpəʊɪt/, /ˈpoʊət/
noun
Definitions
- A person who writes poems.
- A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Etymology
Derived from Old French poete derived from Latin poēta (poet, author) derived from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poet, maker, author, creator, writer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ποιητής
Gloss
poet, maker, author, creator, writer
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipoet English
- arch-poet English
- cyberpoet English
- depoetize English
- ecopoet English
- mythopoet English
- nonpoet English
- poetaster English
- poetastery English
- poetastress English
- poetastrical English
- poetese English
- poetesque English
- poetess English
- poetette English
- poethood English
- poeticule English
- poetise English
- poetiser English
- poetization English
- poetize English
- poetizer English
- poetless English
- poetlike English
- poetling English
- poetly English
- poetolatry English
- poetress English
- poetship English
- poeta Latin
- poēta Latin
- poētaster Latin
- poētria Latin
- poeta Italian
- пиита Russian
- poeta Spanish, Castilian
- ποιέω Ancient Greek
- ποιητής Ancient Greek
- poet Norwegian Bokmål
- poeta Portuguese
- poet Norwegian Nynorsk
- poete Middle English
- poete Old French
- poeta Catalan, Valencian
- poeta Galician
- poëte Middle Dutch
- poēte Middle High German
- poete Middle French
- פִּיּוּט Hebrew (modern)
- פיוט Hebrew (modern)
- poeta Asturian
- poete Friulian