"portention" meaning in English

See portention in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: portentions [plural]
Etymology: portend + -tion, by analogy with the stem in portentous and portentive, or from Latin *portentiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*tend-|id1=before|id2=stretch}}, {{suf|en|portend|-tion}} portend + -tion, {{bor|en|la|*portentiō}} Latin *portentiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} portention (countable and uncountable, plural portentions)
  1. portent; omen Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-portention-en-noun-QqKJ5Lza Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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