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Complete Definition of "omen"

English

Etymology
Latin #Latin|omen.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-omen.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉÊmÉn|-ÉÊmÉn

Noun
en-noun
wikipedia

  1. Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
  2. prophetic significance

#:a sign of ill omen

Verb
en-verb|omens|omening|omened|omened

  1. To be an omen of.
  2. To divine or predict from omens.

Related terms
augury
foreboding
portend
portent

Translations
German: Omen n
Serbian: znamenje n, predznak m, predskazanje n, kob m

Category:Divination


Latin

Noun
Åmen, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin third declension|Åminis n

  1. an omen

Related terms
ominatio
ominator
ominari
ominosus

bg:omen
ko:omen
io:omen
is:omen
pt:omen
fi:omen
ta:omen
te:omen
vi:omen
zh:omen

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