"foretoken" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foretokens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foretācn, foretācen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- + token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foretokne}} Middle English foretokne, {{inh|en|ang|foretācn}} Old English foretācn, {{prefix|en|fore|token}} fore- + token, {{cog|nl|voorteken}} Dutch voorteken, {{cog|nds-de|Vörteken}} German Low German Vörteken, {{cog|de|Vorzeichen}} German Vorzeichen Head templates: {{en-noun}} foretoken (plural foretokens)
  1. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment. Translations (a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment): предзнаменование (predznamenovanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-foretoken-en-noun-afAyc8~V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: foretokens [present, singular, third-person], foretokening [participle, present], foretokened [participle, past], foretokened [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foretācnian (“to foreshow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*foretoknen}} Middle English *foretoknen, {{inh|en|ang|foretācnian|t=to foreshow}} Old English foretācnian (“to foreshow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} foretoken (third-person singular simple present foretokens, present participle foretokening, simple past and past participle foretokened)
  1. (transitive) To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage. Tags: transitive Derived forms: foretokening
    Sense id: en-foretoken-en-verb-DDwNx-2K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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