poète
French
Alternative forms
- poëte (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin poēta, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.ɛt/
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Noun
poète m or f by sense (plural poètes)
- poet
- (figuratively) daydreamer
- Synonym: rêveur
- (figuratively) wordsmith
Derived terms
- œillet de poète
- poétaillon
- poétastre
- poétique
Descendants
- → Russian: поэт (poet)
Further reading
- “poète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”).
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