poeta

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

poeta m or f (plural poetes)

1. poet (person who writes poems)

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

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

poeta anim

1. poet

   Synonym: olerkari

• “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

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

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poeta m or f by sense (plural poetes)

1. poet

• poema
• poesia

• “poeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “poeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

poeta

1. abessive singular of pood

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

poeta m or f by sense (plural poetas)

1. poet

• poema
• poesía
• poetisa

• “poeta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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

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

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poetessa)

1. poet (male or of unspecified gender)

• poesia
• poetare
• poetico

poeta

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

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

• epato-, peota

• poeēta (uncommon)

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”). By surface analysis, Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō) +‎ -ta.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [poˈeː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [poˈɛː.ta]

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.

First-declension noun.

• poētria (“poetess”)

• poētaster
• poētor

• poēma

• “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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Borrowed from Italian poeta.

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈɛː.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛːta

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poeta or poetessa)

1. poet

• IPA^(key): /puˈeta/

poeta m

1. poet

Learned borrowing from Latin poēta.

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈɛ.ta/

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

poeta m pers (female equivalent poetka or poetessa)

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

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

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

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• Hyphenation: po‧e‧ta

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

1. poet

For quotations using this term, see Citations:poeta.

• “poeta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “poeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /poˈeta/ [poˈe.t̪a]

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

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

1. poet

• “poeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025