premonition

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premonition

/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/
/ˌprɛ-/

Rhymes with -ɪʃən

Where it comes from

First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.

noun premonitions · præmonition

A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
Similar: vision
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively). The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil.
Similar: bad feeling, foreboding, gut feeling, hunch, second sight

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noun clairvoyant or clairaudient experience

Español	premonición
हिन्दी	अंतर्ज्ञान antarjñān
Português	premonição
Français	prémonition
Italiano	premonizione
Ελληνικά	προαίσθημα proaísthima
Română	premoniție
Русский	предчу́вствие predčúvstvije
العربية	رُؤْيَة ruʔya

noun strong intuition

Español	presentimiento, premonición
한국어	예감 yegam
日本語	予感 yokan
中文	預感 /预感 yùgǎn
Português	pressentimento
Français	prémonition
Deutsch	Vorahnung
Italiano	premonizione, presentimento, presagio, predizione
Русский	предчу́вствие predčúvstvije
العربية	نُبُوءَة nubūʔa, حَدْس ḥads

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@misc{premonition_2026,
  title = {premonition},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/premonition},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}