omen
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omen
- /ˈəʊ̯mən/ UK
- /ˈɵ̞ʊ̯mən/ UK
- /ˈoʊ̯mən/ US
- /ˈɔʊ̯mən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊmən
Where it comes from
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
noun omens
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
- A thing of prophetic significance. A sign of ill omen.
Similar: augury, auspice, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indication, oracle, portent, prediction, prophecy, sign, signal, token, warning, danger sign, straw in the wind, omen, prognostic, forecast, presage, writing on the wall
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: presage, portent, portend, bode, foretell, prognostic, prognosticate, foreshadow, forecast, prefigure, predict, auspicate, betoken, augur, bodement, foreboding
noun
Similar: augury, auspice, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indication, oracle, portent, prediction, prophecy, sign, signal, token, warning, danger sign, straw in the wind, omen, prognostic, forecast, presage, writing on the wall
Translations
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noun something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
| Español | presagio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 預兆 /预兆 yùzhào |
| Português | augúrio, agouro, presságio, vaticínio |
| Français | présage |
| Deutsch | Omen |
| Italiano | presagio, segno, auspicio, augurio, premonizione, presentimento |
| Ελληνικά | οιωνός oionós, σημάδι simádi, προμήνυμα promínyma |
| Русский | зна́мение známenije, предзнаменова́ние predznamenovánije |
| Tiếng Việt | điềm |
| العربية | فَأل, نَذِير naḏīr, طالِع ṭāliʕ |
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title = {omen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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