poète
poet
In French, the word 'poète' is used to refer to a person who writes poetry. This term is used in the same way as it is in English, and it can be used to describe both men and women. For example, one might say 'Victor Hugo était un grand poète français,' which translates to 'Victor Hugo was a great French poet.'
Example sentences using: poète
Le poète écrit de beaux vers
The poet writes beautiful verses
This sentence demonstrates the verb 'écrit' which means 'writes'. It is used in the present tense. The phrase 'de beaux vers' translates directly to 'beautiful verses'. In this context, 'vers' refers to a line of poetry, not to 'vers' the French preposition.
Mon ami est un poète talentueux
My friend is a talented poet
In this sentence, 'ami' means friend and 'est' is the third person singular of the verb 'être' (to be). 'Un poète talentueux' means a talented poet. Here we see the use of 'un' to denote a singularity, similar to 'a' in English.
Ce poète est renommé pour ses haïkus
This poet is famous for his haikus
In this example, 'ce' stands for 'this' and 'renommé pour' translates to 'famous for'. 'Ses' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'his' or 'her', and 'haïkus' is a loanword in French, taken from the Japanese traditional form of poetry.