"omen" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊmən/ [UK], /ˈoʊmən/ [US] Audio: en-us-omen.ogg Forms: omens [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmən Etymology: From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ōmen||foreboding, omen}} Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} omen (plural omens)
  1. Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. Categories (topical): Divination Translations (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding): οἰωνός (oiōnós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), κληδών (klēdṓn) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), فَأل (Arabic), نَذِيْر (naḏiyr) (Arabic), طالِع (ṭāliʕ) (Arabic), поличба (poličba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), знамение (znamenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), presagi [masculine] (Catalan), averany [masculine] (Catalan), auguri [masculine] (Catalan), auspici [masculine] (Catalan), ᎤᏓᎴᎯ (udalehi) (english: bad omen) (Cherokee), 預兆 (Chinese Mandarin), 预兆 (yùzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), znamení [neuter] (Czech), voorteken [neuter] (Dutch), antaŭsigno (Esperanto), omeno (Esperanto), enne (Finnish), présage [masculine] (French), agoiro [masculine] (Galician), sinal [masculine] (Galician), Omen [neuter] (German), οιωνός (oionós) [masculine] (Greek), σημάδι (simádi) [neuter] (Greek), sanoma (Ingrian), mana [masculine] (Irish), tuar [masculine] (Irish), droch-tuar (english: unlucky) [masculine] (Irish), teir (english: evil omen) [feminine] (Irish), presagio [masculine] (Italian), segno [masculine] (Italian), auspicio [masculine] (Italian), augurio [masculine] (Italian), premonizione [feminine] (Italian), presentimento [masculine] (Italian), omen [neuter] (Latin), praenuntia [feminine] (Latin), takiari (Maori), tūpō (english: refers to bad omen) (Maori), kōara (english: refers to bad omen) (Maori), inati (note: usually heralds misfortune) (Maori), शकुन (śakun) [masculine] (Marathi), avèrti [masculine] (Norman), omen [neuter] (Norwegian), wyrd (Old English), اوغور (uğur) (english: a favorable one) (Ottoman Turkish), مروا (morvâ) (Persian), فال (fâl) (Persian), مرغوا (morğvâ) (Persian), Bediedunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), augúrio [masculine] (Portuguese), agouro [masculine] (Portuguese), presságio [masculine] (Portuguese), vaticínio [masculine] (Portuguese), зна́мение (známenije) (Russian), предзнаменова́ние (predznamenovánije) [neuter] (Russian), presagio [masculine] (Spanish), omen [neuter] (Swedish), järtecken (Swedish), pangitain (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-omen-en-noun-uPu8azdO Disambiguation of Divination: 38 42 5 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with tab characters, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Middle Persian translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 5 8 16 Disambiguation of Pages with tab characters: 11 26 32 10 3 7 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 45 20 12 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 55 9 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 21 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 7 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 56 7 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 5 23 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 43 9 19 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 54 9 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 63 10 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 7 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 55 7 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 12 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 55 12 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle Persian translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 51 13 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 60 8 10 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 49 28 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 55 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 79 3 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 7 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 54 12 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 5 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 55 11 15 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 55 12 14 20 Disambiguation of 'something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding': 99 1
  2. A thing of prophetic significance. Categories (topical): Divination Translations (prophetic significance): предсказание (predskazanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), antaŭsigno (Esperanto), enne (Finnish), présage [masculine] (French), Omen [neuter] (German), οιωνός (oionós) [masculine] (Greek), presagio [masculine] (Italian), augurio [masculine] (Italian), prenunzio [masculine] (Italian), indizio [masculine] (Italian), premonizione [feminine] (Italian), profezia [feminine] (Italian), presságio [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-omen-en-noun-MQqiGxHI Disambiguation of Divination: 38 42 5 15 Categories (other): Pages with tab characters Disambiguation of Pages with tab characters: 11 26 32 10 3 7 3 7 Disambiguation of 'prophetic significance': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: boding, foreboding, warning Derived forms: absit omen, bird of ill omen, omenic Related terms: ominous, abomination, oracle, predict

Verb

IPA: /ˈəʊmən/ [UK], /ˈoʊmən/ [US] Audio: en-us-omen.ogg Forms: omens [present, singular, third-person], omening [participle, present], omened [participle, past], omened [past]
Rhymes: -əʊmən Etymology: From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ōmen||foreboding, omen}} Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
  1. (transitive) To be an omen of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-omen-en-verb-nQObHsjW
  2. (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Divination
    Sense id: en-omen-en-verb-r59lh7ZT Disambiguation of Divination: 38 42 5 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: augury, foreboding, portend, portent, stars are aligned

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen.",
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          "word": "ᎤᏓᎴᎯ"
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          "word": "agoiro"
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    "Rhymes:English/əʊmən/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Cherokee translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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    {
      "word": "absit omen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bird of ill omen"
    },
    {
      "word": "omenic"
    }
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        "3": "ōmen",
        "4": "",
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      "expansion": "Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).",
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      "form": "omens",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "Thesaurus:omen",
      "word": "boding"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:omen",
      "word": "foreboding"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:omen",
      "word": "warning"
    }
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    {
      "word": "ominous"
    },
    {
      "word": "abomination"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:omen",
      "word": "oracle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:omen",
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          "text": "The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 10, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary, Part 3",
          "text": "Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.",
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          "text": "A sign of ill omen.",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "augury"
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      "word": "auspice"
    },
    {
      "word": "forecast"
    },
    {
      "word": "foreshadowing"
    },
    {
      "word": "foretoken"
    },
    {
      "word": "forewarning"
    },
    {
      "word": "harbinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "herald"
    },
    {
      "word": "hint"
    },
    {
      "word": "indication"
    },
    {
      "word": "oracle"
    },
    {
      "word": "portent"
    },
    {
      "word": "prediction"
    },
    {
      "word": "presage"
    },
    {
      "word": "prophecy"
    },
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      "word": "sign"
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    {
      "word": "signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "token"
    },
    {
      "word": "warning"
    },
    {
      "word": "danger sign"
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    {
      "word": "straw in the wind"
    },
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      "sense": "hand",
      "word": "writing on the wall"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:omen",
      "word": "omen"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "فَأل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naḏiyr",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "نَذِيْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭāliʕ",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "طالِع"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poličba",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поличба"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "znamenie",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "знамение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "averany"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auguri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auspici"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "english": "bad omen",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "udalehi",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "ᎤᏓᎴᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "預兆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùzhào",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "预兆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "znamení"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorteken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "antaŭsigno"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "omeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "enne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "présage"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agoiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Omen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oionós",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οιωνός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "simádi",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σημάδι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oiōnós",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οἰωνός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "klēdṓn",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κληδών"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "sanoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "unlucky",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "droch-tuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "english": "evil omen",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presagio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auspicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "augurio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "premonizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presentimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "omen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praenuntia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "takiari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to bad omen",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "tūpō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to bad omen",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "kōara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "usually heralds misfortune",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "inati"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śakun",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शकुन"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "note": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (ytk /⁠ǰadag⁠/)",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "note": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (yhyšn' /⁠ǰahišn⁠/)",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "note": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (mwlwʾk' /⁠murwāg⁠/)",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avèrti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "omen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "wyrd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "english": "a favorable one",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "uğur",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "اوغور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "morvâ",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "مروا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fâl",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "فال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "morğvâ",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "مرغوا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bediedunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "augúrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presságio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaticínio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "známenije",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "word": "зна́мение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predznamenovánije",
      "sense": "something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "prophetic significance",
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      "sense": "prophetic significance",
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      "word": "indizio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "premonizione"
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      "code": "it",
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