"oracle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔɹəkəl/, /ˈɒɹəkəl/ Audio: En-us-oracle.ogg [US] Forms: oracles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle, from Latin ōrāculum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oracle}} Middle English oracle, {{der|en|fro|oracle}} Old French oracle, {{der|en|la|ōrāculum}} Latin ōrāculum Head templates: {{en-noun}} oracle (plural oracles)
  1. A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. Categories (topical): Places of worship Translations (shrine to prophetic deity): μαντεῖον (manteîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), oracle [masculine] (Catalan), věštírna [feminine] (Czech), orákulum [neuter] (Czech), oraakkeli (Finnish), oracle [masculine] (French), oráculo [masculine] (Galician), Orakel [neuter] (German), μαντείο (manteío) (Greek), jósda (Hungarian), véfrétt [feminine] (Icelandic), oracal [masculine] (Irish), oracolo [masculine] (Italian), fatus [masculine] (Latin), ahurewa (Maori), oráculo [masculine] (Portuguese), ора́кул (orákul) [masculine] (Russian), orakelj (Slovene), mabet (Turkish), tapınak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-iVj7NdGA Disambiguation of Places of worship: 37 12 5 3 3 2 2 4 27 2 2 2 Disambiguation of 'shrine to prophetic deity': 47 31 5 1 3 1 2 4 5 1 1
  2. A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. Categories (topical): Divination, People Synonyms: prophet Translations (priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice): χρησμῳδός (khrēsmōidós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), оракул (orakul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), oracle [masculine] (French), Orakel [neuter] (German), μάντης (mántis) (Greek), jós (Hungarian), spáprestur [masculine] (Icelandic), goðsvari [masculine] (Icelandic), oracal [masculine] (Irish), oracolo [masculine] (Italian), 神託 (shintaku) (Japanese), 託宣 (takusen) (Japanese), オラクル (orakuru) (Japanese), fatus [masculine] (Latin), tohunga ahurewa (Maori), matatuhi (Maori), wyrocznia [feminine] (Polish), oráculo [masculine] (Portuguese), ора́кул (orákul) [masculine] (Russian), oráculo [masculine] (Spanish), orakel [neuter] (Swedish), orakl (Turkish), orakul (Turkish), ırkıl (Turkish), arkıl (Turkish), kâhin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-lM1~wc0h Disambiguation of Divination: 18 31 14 4 5 2 3 11 6 4 2 2 Disambiguation of People: 1 28 0 0 31 2 18 15 1 0 4 0 Disambiguation of 'priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice': 32 46 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 4
  3. A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given. Translations (prophetic response): χρησμός (khrēsmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), пророчество (proročestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), oraklo (Esperanto), oracle [masculine] (French), Orakel [neuter] (German), Orakelspruch [masculine] (German), χρησμός (chrismós) (Greek), jóslat (Hungarian), véfrétt [feminine] (Icelandic), goðsvar [neuter] (Icelandic), oracal [masculine] (Irish), oracolo [masculine] (Italian), divinazione [feminine] (Italian), fatus [masculine] (Latin), oráculo [masculine] (Portuguese), прорица́ние (proricánije) [neuter] (Russian), ırık (Turkish), ırım (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-wJG05bBF Disambiguation of 'prophetic response': 12 16 52 1 4 1 2 5 3 1 2
  4. (figuratively, archaic) Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-bgY46w57
  5. A person considered to be a source of wisdom. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: expert Translations (person who is a source of wisdom): oracle [masculine] (French), Orakel [neuter] (German), spakvitringur [masculine] (Icelandic), saoi [masculine] (Irish), saineolaí [masculine] (Irish), 賢人 (kenjin) (alt: けんじん) (Japanese), fatus [masculine] (Latin), matatuhi (Maori), oráculo [masculine] (Portuguese), ора́кул (orákul) [masculine] (Russian), прорица́тель (proricátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), orakel [neuter] (Swedish), arkıl (Turkish), ırkıl (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-RrjKM8FO Disambiguation of People: 1 28 0 0 31 2 18 15 1 0 4 0 Disambiguation of 'person who is a source of wisdom': 1 19 1 4 48 4 7 8 1 4 2
  6. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-nb~~6Bzg
  7. A fortune-teller. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-DNoVULot Disambiguation of People: 1 28 0 0 31 2 18 15 1 0 4 0
  8. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-3sXqxKsM Disambiguation of People: 1 28 0 0 31 2 18 15 1 0 4 0
  9. (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. Tags: Jewish, historical
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-tlVhZ5bp
  10. (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions. Categories (topical): Theory of computing
  11. (cryptocurrencies) A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world. Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-noun-KIVvfwCi Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diviner, foreteller, fortuneteller, oracle, precognitive, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer Hyponyms: aeromancer, astrologer, augur, chiromancer, doomsayer, necromancer, geomancer, palmister Derived forms: alphabet oracle, dice oracle, oracle bone, oracle bone script, oracle card, oracle machine, work the oracle Related terms: divination, precognition, predict, predictor, magician, shape-shifter

Verb

IPA: /ˈɔɹəkəl/, /ˈɒɹəkəl/ Audio: En-us-oracle.ogg [US] Forms: oracles [present, singular, third-person], oracling [participle, present], oracled [participle, past], oracled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle, from Latin ōrāculum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oracle}} Middle English oracle, {{der|en|fro|oracle}} Old French oracle, {{der|en|la|ōrāculum}} Latin ōrāculum Head templates: {{en-verb}} oracle (third-person singular simple present oracles, present participle oracling, simple past and past participle oracled)
  1. (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies. Tags: obsolete Translations (utter oracles or prophecies): orakeln (German), profetizzare (Italian), presagire (Italian), premonire (Italian)
    Sense id: en-oracle-en-verb-fLjs0t0X

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracle"
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "věštírna"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "word": "oraakkeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracle"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oráculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Orakel"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "word": "μαντείο"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "word": "jósda"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "véfrétt"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracolo"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fatus"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "word": "ahurewa"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oráculo"
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      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "word": "orakelj"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "word": "mabet"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "shrine to prophetic deity",
      "word": "tapınak"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "orakul",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оракул"
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Orakel"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "word": "μάντης"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "khrēsmōidós",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "χρησμῳδός"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "jós"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "goðsvari"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracolo"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shintaku",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "word": "神託"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
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      "roman": "orakuru",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "word": "オラクル"
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      "code": "la",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fatus"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tohunga ahurewa"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "wyrocznia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oráculo"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ора́кул"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "oráculo"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "orakel"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "word": "orakl"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "orakul"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "ırkıl"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "word": "arkıl"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice",
      "word": "kâhin"
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      "roman": "proročestvo",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oraklo"
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      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "oracle"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Orakel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Orakelspruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chrismós",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "word": "χρησμός"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khrēsmós",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χρησμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "word": "jóslat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "véfrétt"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "goðsvar"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oracolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "divinazione"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fatus"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oráculo"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "proricánije",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прорица́ние"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "word": "ırık"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "prophetic response",
      "word": "ırım"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "oracle"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Orakel"
    },
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      "code": "is",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
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      "alt": "けんじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenjin",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "word": "賢人"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fatus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "word": "matatuhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oráculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orákul",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ора́кул"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proricátelʹ",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прорица́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orakel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "word": "arkıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who is a source of wisdom",
      "word": "ırkıl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oracle"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of Ido translations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "en:Divination",
    "en:People",
    "en:Places of worship",
    "enm:Places of worship",
    "enm:Religion"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "oracle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English oracle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "oracle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French oracle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ōrāculum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ōrāculum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle, from Latin ōrāculum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oracles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oracling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oracled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oracled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oracle (third-person singular simple present oracles, present participle oracling, simple past and past participle oracled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To utter oracles or prophecies."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utter",
          "utter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔɹəkəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒɹəkəl/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "auricle"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-oracle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/En-us-oracle.ogg/En-us-oracle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/En-us-oracle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "utter oracles or prophecies",
      "word": "orakeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "utter oracles or prophecies",
      "word": "profetizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "utter oracles or prophecies",
      "word": "presagire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "utter oracles or prophecies",
      "word": "premonire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oracle"
}

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