"augury" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/ Audio: en-us-augury.ogg [US] Forms: auguries [plural]
Etymology: augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|augur|y}} augur + -y, {{inh|en|enm|augurie}} Middle English augurie, {{der|en|fro|augurie}} Old French augurie, {{der|en|la|augurium}} Latin augurium Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} augury (countable and uncountable, plural auguries)
  1. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Divination Translations (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals): تَوَسُّم الطَّيْر (tawassum aṭ-ṭayr) [masculine] (Arabic), гадание (gadanie) (Bulgarian), augure [masculine] (French), Prophezeiung [feminine] (German), Vorzeichen [neuter] (German), οιωνοσκοπία (oionoskopía) [feminine] (Greek), augurio [masculine] (Italian), auspicium [neuter] (Latin), га́тање (gátanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), كبزه (kebze) (Ottoman Turkish), augúrio (Portuguese), augur [neuter] (Romanian), auspiciu [neuter] (Romanian), augurio [masculine] (Spanish), presagio [masculine] (Spanish), agüero [masculine] (Spanish), శాకునము (śākunamu) (Telugu), alâmet (Turkish), kehanet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-augury-en-noun-BJL9jDke Disambiguation of Divination: 41 44 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 9 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 15 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 23 34 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 43 20 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 45 21 34 Disambiguation of 'divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals': 92 3 5
  2. (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Divination Translations (an omen or prediction; a foreboding): предсказание (predskazanie) (Bulgarian), предчувствие (predčuvstvie) (Bulgarian), augure [masculine] (French), Omen [neuter] (German), Vorzeichen [neuter] (German), οιωνός (oionós) [masculine] (Greek), augurio [masculine] (Italian), presagio [masculine] (Italian), predizione [feminine] (Italian), пре́дзнак (prédznak) [masculine] (Macedonian), претсказа́ние (pretskazánie) [neuter] (Macedonian), hwatu [feminine] (Old English), اوغور (uğur) (english: a favorable one) (Ottoman Turkish), اغر (oğor) (Persian), مروا (morvâ) (Persian), agouro (Portuguese), augur [neuter] (Romanian), semn [neuter] (Romanian), piază [feminine] (Romanian), förebud [neuter] (Swedish), järtecken (Swedish), varsel [neuter] (Swedish), alâmet (Turkish), işaret (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-augury-en-noun-Miz41ki4 Disambiguation of Divination: 41 44 16 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 15 39 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 43 20 37 Disambiguation of 'an omen or prediction; a foreboding': 4 93 2
  3. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Divination
    Sense id: en-augury-en-noun-ajb2d5Ie Disambiguation of Divination: 41 44 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 9 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 15 39 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 43 20 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: zoomancy Related terms: augur
Hyponyms: ailuromancy, felidomancy (english: cats), alectryomancy (english: chickens), arachnomancy (english: spiders), auspice (english: birds), entomomancy [insects, entomology, biology, natural-sciences], hippomancy [horses, pets, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], ichthyomancy [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], myomancy (english: mice), myrmomancy, ophiomancy [snakes, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], ornithomancy (english: birds)

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals",
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      "word": "كبزه"
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      "sense": "divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "śākunamu",
      "sense": "divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals",
      "word": "శాకునము"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals",
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
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      "word": "augurio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "претсказа́ние"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hwatu"
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      "code": "ota",
      "english": "a favorable one",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "uğur",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "اوغور"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "oğor",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "اغر"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "morvâ",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "مروا"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "agouro"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "semn"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piază"
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      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
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      "word": "förebud"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "järtecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "varsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "alâmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an omen or prediction; a foreboding",
      "word": "işaret"
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