Poetess

//ˌpəʊ.ɪˈtɛs//

Synonyms for "poetess" (1 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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4 relation types

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

65 translations across 53 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ποιήτρια noun (female poet)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَاعِرَة noun (female poet)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բանաստեղծուհի noun (female poet)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şairə noun (female poet)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • шағирә noun (female poet)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • паэ́тка noun (female poet)
  • паэтэ́са noun (female poet)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • поете́са noun (female poet)

Catalan

1 entries
  • poetessa noun (female poet)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 女詩人 /女诗人 noun (female poet)

Czech

2 entries
  • básnířka noun (female poet)
  • poetka noun (female poet)

Danish

1 entries
  • digterinde noun (female poet)

Dutch

2 entries
  • dichteres noun (female poet)
  • poëte noun (female poet)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • poetino noun (female poet)

Finnish

1 entries
  • runoilijatar noun (female poet)

French

1 entries
  • poétesse noun (female poet)

Galician

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  • poetisa noun (female poet)

German

2 entries
  • Dichterin noun (female poet)
  • Poetin noun (female poet)

Greek

1 entries
  • ποιήτρια noun (female poet)

Hindi

1 entries
  • शायरा noun (female poet)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • költőnő noun (female poet)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skáldkona noun (female poet)

Ido

1 entries
  • poetino noun (female poet)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • شَاعِرِه noun (female poet)

Irish

2 entries
  • banfhile noun (female poet)
  • file mná noun (female poet)

Italian

1 entries
  • poetessa noun (female poet)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 女流詩人 noun (female poet)

Korean

2 entries
  • 녀류시인 noun (female poet)
  • 여류시인 noun (female poet)

Latin

1 entries
  • poētria noun (female poet)

Latvian

1 entries
  • dzejniece noun (female poet)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • poetė noun (female poet)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • basnikarka noun (female poet)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • поете́са noun (female poet)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कवयित्री noun (female poet)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • poetinne noun (female poet)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • شاعره noun (female poet)

Persian

1 entries
  • شَاعِرَه noun (female poet)

Polish

1 entries
  • poetka noun (female poet)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • poetisa noun (female poet)
  • poetiça noun (female poet)

Romanian

2 entries
  • poetesă noun (female poet)
  • poetă noun (female poet)

Russian

1 entries
  • поэте́сса noun (female poet)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • bana-bhàrd noun (female poet)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pesnikinja noun (female poet)
  • pjesnikinja noun (female poet)
  • песникиња noun (female poet)
  • пјесникиња noun (female poet)

Slovak

2 entries
  • básnička noun (female poet)
  • poetka noun (female poet)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pesnica noun (female poet)

Spanish

1 entries
  • poetisa noun (female poet)

Swedish

1 entries
  • poetissa noun (female poet)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шоира noun (female poet)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కవయిత్రి noun (female poet)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şaire noun (female poet)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • поете́са noun (female poet)

Urdu

1 entries
  • شاعِرَہ noun (female poet)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • شائىرە noun (female poet)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • shoira noun (female poet)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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He awarded the poetess.

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Do you know Umm Qirfa, the 80-year-old Arab poetess who was murdered by Muhammad?

Source: tatoeba (7530583)

The poetess is dead, what remains is her word.

Source: tatoeba (12828769)

She's a poetess.

Source: tatoeba (13381490)

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