presentiment
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presentiment
- /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ UK
- /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ US
Where it comes from
From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment.
noun presentiments
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A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
A man, my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before.
Similar: boding, foreboding, forefeeling, premonition
Translations
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noun a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
| Español | presentimiento, corazonada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 예감 yegam |
| 日本語 | 予感 yokan |
| 中文 | 預感 /预感 yùgǎn |
| Português | pressentimento |
| Français | pressentiment |
| Deutsch | Vorahnung |
| Italiano | presentimento |
| Русский | предчу́вствие predčúvstvije |
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