поэт

Borrowed from French poète, from Latin poēta, itself from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs). Doublet of пии́т (piít) and пии́та (piíta).

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɛt]

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• (emphatic or rhetorical) IPA^(key): [poˈɛt]

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поэ́т • (poét) m anim (genitive поэ́та, nominative plural поэ́ты, genitive plural поэ́тов, female equivalent поэте́сса, pejorative поэ́тик or поэ́тишка)

1. poet

   Synonyms: (higher register) стихотво́рец (stixotvórec); (literary) пии́т (piít), пии́та (piíta)

   Hypernym: писа́тель (pisátelʹ)

   Hyponyms: ли́рик (lírik), акы́н (akýn)

   Coordinate term: проза́ик (prozáik)

• Sometimes the female equivalent поэте́сса (poetɛ́ssa) is interpreted as not quite equal to the masculine поэ́т (poét). Several famous female Russian poets, notably Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva, insisted on being called поэ́т (poét), and regarded the term поэте́сса (poetɛ́ssa) as insulting.