"portent" meaning in English

See portent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 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|*per-|*tend-|id1=before|id2=stretch}}, {{bor|en|la|portentum}} Latin portentum 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 57 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 62 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 65 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 66 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 65 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 69 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 65 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 69 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 27 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 21 64 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 20 65 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 25 57 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 12 85 3
  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

Inflected forms

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