Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who writes poems.

    Dichter, Dichterin, Poet

    поэ́тpoét, поэте́ссаpoetɛ́ssa

    пое́тpoét, поете́саpoetésa, пое́ткаpoétka

  2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

More definitions
  • a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

Examples

383 sentences
  1. Not everyone can be a poet.

    Не кожен може бути поетом.

    ruНе каждый может быть поэтом.

    deNicht jeder kann ein Dichter sein.

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  2. Tom isn't much of a poet.

    З Тома не дуже поет.

    deTom ist kein großer Dichter.

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  3. The poet committed suicide in his study.

    Поет покінчив із життям у своєму кабінеті.

    ruПоэт покончил с собой в собственном кабинете.

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  4. This is the house where that poet lived when he was a child.

    Це будинок, в якому мешкав цей поет, коли був дитиною.

    deIn diesem Haus wohnte der Dichter als Kind.

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  5. He is a poet.

    Він поет.

    ruОн поэт.

    deEr ist Dichter.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from

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.

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