"portent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɔːtɛnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɔɹtɛnt/ [General-American], /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɛnt/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈpoətɛnt/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-portent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: portents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɛnt, -o(ː)ɹtɛnt, -oətɛnt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“I predict, I foretell”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tend-|id=stretch}}, {{bor|en|la|portentum}} Latin portentum, {{m|la|portendere}} portendere, {{m|la|portendō||I predict, I foretell}} portendō (“I predict, I foretell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} portent (plural portents)
  1. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen. Translations (omen): предзнаменование (predznamenovanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), поличба (poličba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), voorteken [neuter] (Dutch), voorspook [neuter] (Dutch), enne (Finnish), ennusmerkki (Finnish), Omen [neuter] (German), (böses) Vorzeichen [neuter] (German), mana [masculine] (Irish), пре́дзнак (prédznak) [masculine] (Macedonian), inati [usually] (Maori), tiramaka (Maori), اوغور (uğur) (english: a favorable one) (Ottoman Turkish), Bediedunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-portent-en-noun-oUZZifqw Disambiguation of 'omen': 90 5 5
  2. A portending; significance
    Sense id: en-portent-en-noun-OJ9SpSgA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 57 4
  3. Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
    Sense id: en-portent-en-noun-~WTAK4c7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: portend, portentous

Verb [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-portent.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} portent
  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of porter Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: porter
    Sense id: en-portent-fr-verb-9AyKW7AW Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} portent
  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of portō Tags: active, form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: portō
    Sense id: en-portent-la-verb-2PGHYPZG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for portent meaning in All languages combined (5.9kB)

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          "word": "portō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person plural present active subjunctive of portō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "portō",
          "porto#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "portent"
}

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