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Borrowed from Latin portentum,[1] participle of portendere, from portendō (“I predict, I foretell”).
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɛnt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɛnt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɛnt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoətɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɛnt, -o(ː)ɹtɛnt, -oətɛnt
portent (plural portents)
- Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
It was a portent of things to come.
- A portending; significance
a howl of dire portent
- Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
- See also Thesaurus:omen
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- Bulgarian: предзнаменование (bg) n (predznamenovanie), поличба (bg) f (poličba)
- Dutch: voorteken (nl) n, voorspook (nl) n
- Finnish: enne (fi), ennusmerkki (fi)
- German: Omen (de) n, (böses) Vorzeichen n
- Irish: mana (ga) m
- Macedonian: пре́дзнак m (prédznak)
- Maori: inati (usually of misfortune), tiramaka
- Ottoman Turkish: اوغور (uğur) (a favorable one)
- Plautdietsch: Bediedunk f
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “portent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “portent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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