poeta

See also: Poeta, poéta, and poetă

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Noun

poeta m or f (plural poetes)

1. poet (person who writes poems)

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish poeta, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poeta/ [po.e.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta, -a
• Hyphenation: po‧e‧ta

Noun

poeta anim

1. poet

   Synonym: olerkari

Declension

Declension of poeta (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	poeta	poeta	poetak
ergative	poetak	poetak	poetek
dative	poetari	poetari	poetei
genitive	poetaren	poetaren	poeten
comitative	poetarekin	poetarekin	poetekin
causative	poetarengatik	poetarengatik	poetengatik
benefactive	poetarentzat	poetarentzat	poetentzat
instrumental	poetaz	poetaz	poetez
inessive	poetarengan	poetarengan	poetengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	poetarengana	poetarengana	poetengana
terminative	poetarenganaino	poetarenganaino	poetenganaino
directive	poetarenganantz	poetarenganantz	poetenganantz
destinative	poetarenganako	poetarenganako	poetenganako
ablative	poetarengandik	poetarengandik	poetengandik
partitive	poetarik	—	—
prolative	poetatzat	—	—

Further reading

• “poeta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “poeta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

poeta m or f by sense (plural poetes)

1. poet

Related terms

• poema
• poesia

Further reading

• “poeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “poeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “poeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “poeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Noun

poeta

1. abessive singular of pood

Galician

Etymology

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Noun

poeta m or f by sense (plural poetas)

1. poet

Related terms

• poema
• poesía
• poetisa

Further reading

• “poeta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: po‧è‧ta

Noun

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poetessa)

1. poet (male or of unspecified gender)

Related terms

• poesia
• poetare
• poetico

Etymology 2

Verb

poeta

1. inflection of poetare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• poeta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• epato-, peota

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈeː.ta/, [poˈeːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈe.ta/, [poˈɛːt̪ä]

Noun

poēta m (genitive poētae); first declension

1. poet

   Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	poēta	poētae
genitive	poētae	poētārum
dative	poētae	poētīs
accusative	poētam	poētās
ablative	poētā	poētīs
vocative	poēta	poētae

Coordinate terms

• poētria (“poetess”)

Derived terms

• poētaster
• poētor

Related terms

• poēma

Related terms

• poēma
• poēsis
• poētica
• poēticē
• poēticus
• poētria
• poētris

Descendants

• Asturian: poeta
• Aromanian: puet
• Catalan: poeta
• Corsican: pueta
• Extremaduran: pueta
• Old French: poete
  • Middle English: poete
    • English: poet
  • Middle French: poete
    • French: poète
• Friulian: poete
• Galician: poeta
• Italian: poeta
• Piedmontese: poeta
• Polish: poeta
• Portuguese: poeta
• Romanian: poet
• Sicilian: puita
• Spanish: poeta

References

• “poeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “poeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• poeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an epic, heroic poet: poeta epicus
    
  • a dramatic poet: poeta scaenicus
    
  • a writer of tragedy, comedy: scriptor tragoediarum, comoediarum, also (poeta) tragicus, comicus
    
• poeta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian poeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈɛː.ta/

Noun

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poeta or poetessa)

1. poet

Related terms

• poetiku
• poeżija

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈeta/

Noun

poeta m

1. poet

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin poēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈɛ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: po‧e‧ta

Noun

poeta m pers (female equivalent poetka or poetessa)

1. (poetry) poet (person who writes poems)

Declension

Declension of poeta

	singular	plural
nominative	poeta	poeci/poety (deprecative)
genitive	poety	poetów
dative	poecie	poetom
accusative	poetę	poetów
instrumental	poetą	poetami
locative	poecie	poetach
vocative	poeto	poeci

Derived terms

(adjective):

• poetycki

(nouns):

• poetyk
• poetyka
• poetyzacja
• poetyzm

(verbs):

• poetyzować impf, spoetyzować pf, upoetyzować pf

Related terms

(adjectives):

• poematowy
• poematyczny
• poetyczny
• poezyjny

(adverbs):

• poetycko
• poetycznie

(nouns):

• poema
• poemacik
• poemat
• poetyckość
• poetyczność
• poezja
• poezyjka

Further reading

• poeta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• poeta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: po‧e‧ta

Noun

poeta m or f (plural poetas, feminine poetisa, feminine plural poetisas)

1. poet

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poeta.

Further reading

• “poeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈeta/ [poˈe.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: po‧e‧ta

Noun

poeta m (plural poetas, feminine poeta or poetisa, feminine plural poetas or poetisas)

1. poet

Derived terms

• canto a lo poeta
• ojo de poeta
• ¿eres poeta? ¡pues súbete la bragueta!

Related terms

• poema
• poesía
• poético

Further reading

• “poeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10