different between poet vs versifier

English

Alternative forms

• poët (rare or archaic)
• poete (rare or archaic)
• poëte (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Old French poete, from Latin po?ta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ????? (poié?, “I make, compose”). Displaced native Old English s?op.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?po??t/, /?po??t/, [?p?o????(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -???t

Noun

poet (plural poets)

1. A person who writes poems.
2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

Hyponyms

• poetess (female, dated)
• versifier

Derived terms

• poetaster
• poetess

Translations

Anagrams

• -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

Danish

Noun

poet

1. poet

Declension

Synonyms

• digter

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /put/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

poet m (uncountable)

1. loot, stolen money

Anagrams

• pote, toep

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s), via Latin poeta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?e?t/
• IPA^(key): /pu?e?t/

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poeter, definite plural poetene)

1. a poet

Synonyms

• dikter

Related terms

• poesi

References

• “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (poi?t?s), via Latin poeta

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poetar, definite plural poetane)

1. a poet

Synonyms

• diktar

Related terms

• poesi

References

• “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

poet

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?et/

Noun

poet m (plural poe?i)

1. poet

2. (figuratively) poet (person with a creative or romantic imagination)

Declension

Related terms

• poet? (“poetess”)
• poezie (“poetry”)

References

• poet in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

poet c

1. poet

Declension

Synonyms

• diktare
• lyriker
• rimsmed

Related terms

• poem
• poesi
• poetisk

English

Etymology

From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify +? -er.

Noun

versifier (plural versifiers)

1. One who versifies.
2. (derogatory) An inferior poet.

Hypernyms

• poet

Translations

Anagrams

• verifiers

French

Etymology

Loaned from Old French versifier, from Latin versific?, versific?re (“put into verse”), from versus (“verse”) + faci?, facere (“make”).

Verb

versifier

1. to versify

Conjugation

Further reading

• “versifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

versifier

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of versifiour

Old French

Verb

versifier

1. to versify, to compose verses

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: versify
• French: versifier