Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female poet.
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Origin
From poet + -ess. Compare Middle English poetresse (“poetess”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ποιήτρια
- ποιήτρια (poiḗtria)female poet
Arabic شَاعِرَة
- شَاعِرَة (šāʕira)female poet
Bulgarian поете́са
- поете́са (poetésa)female poet
Catalan poetessa
- poetessafemale poet
Chinese Mandarin 女詩人 /女诗人
- 女詩人 /女诗人 (nǚshīrén)female poet
Czech básnířka, poetka
- básnířkafemale poet
- poetkafemale poet
Danish digterinde
- digterindefemale poet
Dutch dichteres, poëte
- dichteresfemale poet
- poëtefemale poet
Esperanto poetino
- poetinofemale poet
Finnish runoilijatar
- runoilijatarfemale poet
French poétesse
- poétessefemale poet
German Dichterin, Poetin
- Dichterinfemale poet
- Poetinfemale poet
Greek ποιήτρια
- ποιήτρια (poiítria)female poet
Hindi शायरा
- शायरा (śāyrā)female poet
Hungarian költőnő
- költőnőfemale poet
Icelandic skáldkona
- skáldkonafemale poet
Irish banfhile, file mná
- banfhilefemale poet
- file mnáfemale poet
Italian poetessa
- poetessafemale poet
Japanese 女流詩人
- 女流詩人 (joryū shijin)female poet
Korean 여류시인, 녀류시인
- 여류시인 (yeoryusiin)female poet
- 녀류시인 (nyeoryusiin)female poet
Latin poētria
- poētriafemale poet
Latvian dzejniece
- dzejniecefemale poet
Lithuanian poetė
- poetėfemale poet
Norwegian Bokmål poetinne
- poetinnefemale poet
Polish poetka
- poetkafemale poet
Portuguese poetisa, poetiça
- poetisafemale poet
- poetiçafemale poet
Romanian poetă, poetesă
- poetăfemale poet
- poetesăfemale poet
Russian поэте́сса
- поэте́сса (poetɛ́ssa)female poet
Scottish Gaelic bana-bhàrd
- bana-bhàrdfemale poet
Slovak básnička, poetka
- básničkafemale poet
- poetkafemale poet
Spanish poetisa
- poetisafemale poet
Swedish poetissa
- poetissafemale poet
Turkish şaire
- şairefemale poet
Ukrainian поете́са
- поете́са (poetésa)female poet
Urdu شاعِرَہ
- شاعِرَہ (śā'ira)female poet
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APA
poetess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetess
MLA
“poetess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetess. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poetess,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poetess.
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