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Dictionary: po·et   ('ĭt) pronunciation
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  1. A writer of poems.
  2. One who is especially gifted in the perception and expression of the beautiful or lyrical: " (Bill McKibben).

[Middle English, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs, maker, composer, from poiein, to create.]


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An author who writes poetry or verse. The term is also used to refer to an artist or writer who has an exceptional gift for expression, imagination, and energy in the making of art in any form. Well-known poets include Horace, Basho, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Edmund Spenser, John Donne, Andrew Marvell, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, George Gordon, Lord Byron, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, W. H. Auden, Stevie Smith, and Sylvia Plath.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A writer of prose.

pronunciation At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. — Plato

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - digter

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    hofdigter

Nederlands (Dutch)
dichter, dichteres, poëet

Français (French)
n. - poète

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    poète lauréat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dichter, Poet

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    Hofdichter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποιητής

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    (Βρετ.) δαφνοστεφής ποιητής

Italiano (Italian)
poeta

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    poeta laureato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - poeta (m)

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    poeta laureado

Русский (Russian)
поэт

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    поэт-лауреат

Español (Spanish)
n. - poeta

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    poeta laureado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - poet, diktare, skald

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
诗人

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    桂冠诗人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 詩人

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    桂冠詩人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시인, 시적 재능을 가진 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詩人, 詩人肌の人, 空想家

idioms:

  • Poet Laureate    桂冠詩人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شاعرؤ, ناظم للشعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משורר, פייטן, מחבר פיוטים‬


 
 
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