see|Prophet
English

Etymology
OE. propheta, from L. propheta (later reinforced in English by Anglo-Norman prophete), from AGr. polytonic|��ο�ή�η� (proph�t�s) "one who speaks for a god" < polytonic|��� (pro) "before" + polytonic|�ήμι (ph�mi) "I tell"

Pronunciation
pr�f'�t, /�pr�f�t/, /"prQf@t/
:Homophones: profit

Noun
en-noun

1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Derived terms
prophecy pos_n
prophesy pos_v
prophesise, prophesize nonstandard

Translations
trans-top|one who speaks by divine inspiration
Czech: t-|cs|prorok|m
Danish: t-|da|profet|c
Dutch: t+|nl|profeet|m
Ewe: nyagbl��ila
Finnish: t+|fi|profeetta
Greek: t+|el|��ο�ή�η�|m|sc=Grek (profítis)
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|��� (JAchar|�����, yogensha)
Kurdish: t+|ku|پ�غ���ب��ر|sc=KUchar, t+|ku|resûl, t+|ku|nebî, t+|ku|pêxember
Russian: t+|ru|п�о�ок|m|trprorók|scCyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|prorok
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trans-top|one who foretells the future
Czech: t-|cs|v�štec|m, t-|cs|prorok|m
Danish: profet c, spåmand c (male), spåkvinde c (female)
Dutch: profeet m, waarzegger m, waarzegster f
Finnish: t+|fi|profeetta, t-|fi|ennustaja
German: Prophet m, Prophetin f
Greek: t+|el|��ο�ή�η�|m|sc=Grek (profítis)
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|��� (JAchar|�����, yogensha)
Russian: п�о�ок (prorók) m, п�о�и�а�ел� (proricát'el') m, п�ед�каза�ел� (pr'edckazát'el') m, п�овиде� (províd'ec) m
Serbian: prorok, vidovnjak
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�ب�|��ب��� (nábi) m
ttbc|Armenian: Õ¶Õ¡Õ­Õ¡Õ¿Õ¥Õ½
ttbc|Bosnian: prorok m
ttbc|Chinese: �� (xi�nzhī)
ttbc|French: prophète m
ttbc|German: Prophet m
ttbc|Korean: ��� (ye-eonja)
ttbc|Kurdish: peyamber, qasid
ttbc|Norwegian: profet m
ttbc|Polish: prorok m
ttbc|Portuguese: profeta
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: п�о�ок m
:Roman: prorok m
ttbc|Spanish: profeta m
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