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poet

/ˈpəʊ.ɪt/US/ˈpoʊ.ət/

poet noun: a person who writes poems.

Noun

poet (plural poets)

  1. A person who writes poems.
    Synonyms:
    singer
  2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

poet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

poet in Hindi

person who writes poems
कवि kavi, कवयित्री kavyitrī, शायर śāyar, शायरा śāyrā

poet in Tamil

person who writes poems
கவிஞர் kaviñar

poet in Marathi

person who writes poems
कवी kavī, कवयित्री kavyitrī

poet in Urdu

person who writes poems
شاعِر śā'ir, شاعِرَہ śā'ira
More languagesFewer languages
poet in Bengali
কবি kobi, শায়ের śaẏer
poet in Telugu
కవి kavi, కవయిత్రి kavayitri
poet in Malayalam
കവി kavi
poet in Kannada
ಕವಿ kavi
poet in Punjabi
ਕਵੀ kavī
poet in Gujarati
કવિ kavi
poet in Odia
କବି kabi
poet in Sanskrit
कवि kavi, काव्यम् kāvyam
poet in Sinhala
කවියා kawiyā
poet in Assamese
কবি kobi
poet in Nepali
कवि kavi
poet in Pashto
شاعر šā'ér
poet in Tagalog
makata, manunula
poet in Arabic
شَاعِر šāʕir, شَاعِرَة šāʕira
poet in Malay
penyair
poet in Indonesian
penyair, pujangga
poet in Thai
กวี gà-wii
poet in Vietnamese
thi sĩ, nhà thơ
poet in Myanmar
ကဗျာဆရာ ka.byahca.ra, စာဆို cahcui, ကဝိ ka.wi.

Examples of poet in a sentence

  • The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander.
  • Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.
  • The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.

All 40 example sentences with poet

Synonyms of poet

Forms of poet

pluralpoets
alternative form (archaic, rare)poët
alternative form (archaic, rare)poete
alternative form (archaic, rare)poëte

Plural of poet: poets

Origin of poet

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 and lēoþwyrhta (literally, "leedwright" or "poem-writer"). Doublet of piyyut.

Words formed from poet

Phrases with poet

Questions about poet

What does poet mean?
Poet means a person who writes poems.
What is poet in Hindi?
Poet in Hindi is कवि (kavi), कवयित्री (kavyitrī), शायर (śāyar). See Poet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is poet?
Poet is a noun.
How do you pronounce poet?
Poet is pronounced /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of poet?
The plural of poet is poets.

Words near poet in the dictionary

  1. poesiless
  2. poesiology
  3. Poesque
  4. poesy
  5. poesying
  6. poet
  7. poet blouse
  8. poet blouses
  9. poet laureate
  10. poet laureates
  11. poet shirt

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poet (page history and authors); কবি (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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