English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Poet Pronunciation
Poet is pronounced POH-uht, IPA /ˈpoʊət/.
POH-uht
US /ˈpoʊət/ · UK /ˈpəʊɪt/
Syllables: POH · uht (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person who writes poems.
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Poet in a Sentence
- The poet read for twenty minutes.
- She is better known as a poet than as a translator.
- Every poet on the list is still living.
Common Mispronunciations of Poet
Not POYT
Two beats, because the o and the e belong to separate syllables here.
Not POH-et
Let the second beat reduce to uht. A full e there sounds like a careful reading voice.
Tip: Two beats, POH-uht. Poetry takes three, POH-uh-tree.
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