poetessa

Catalan

Etymology

From poeta (“poet”) +‎ -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pu.əˈtɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [po.əˈtə.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [po.eˈte.sa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: po‧e‧tes‧sa

Noun

poetessa f (plural poetesses, masculine poeta)

1. poetess

Italian

Etymology

From poeta +‎ -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.eˈtes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: po‧e‧tés‧sa

Noun

poetessa f (plural poetesse, masculine poeta)

1. poetess

Anagrams

• poetasse

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ɛˈtɛs.sa/, /pwɛˈtɛs.sa/

Noun

poetessa f (plural poetessi)

1. female equivalent of poet: poetess, female poet

Usage notes

• The basic form may also be used with feminine accord; thus: Kienet poeta/poetessa magħrufa. (“She was a well-known poet/poetess.”)

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ɛˈtɛs.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛssa
• Syllabification: po‧e‧tes‧sa

Noun

poetessa f (male equivalent poeta)

1. (literary, poetry) female equivalent of poeta (“poet, poetess”) (person who writes poems)

   Synonym: poetka

Declension

Declension of poetessa

	singular	plural
nominative	poetessa	poetessy
genitive	poetessy	poetess
dative	poetessie	poetessom
accusative	poetessę	poetessy
instrumental	poetessą	poetessami
locative	poetessie	poetessach
vocative	poetesso	poetessy

Related terms

adjectives

• poematowy
• poematyczny
• poetycki
• poetyczny
• poezyjny

 

adverbs

• poetycko
• poetycznie

 

nouns

• poema
• poemacik
• poemat
• poetka
• poetyckość
• poetyczność
• poetyk
• poetyka
• poetyzacja
• poetyzm
• poezja
• poezyjka

 

verbs

• poetyzować impf, spoetyzować pf, upoetyzować pf

 

Further reading

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