"presentiment" meaning in English

See presentiment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ [UK], /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-presentiment.wav Forms: presentiments [plural]
Etymology: From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|pressentiment}} French pressentiment, {{der|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{prefix|en|pre|sentiment}} pre- + sentiment Head templates: {{en-noun}} presentiment (plural presentiments)
  1. A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen. Synonyms: boding, foreboding, forefeeling, premonition Translations (a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen): sezmə (Azerbaijani), duyğu (Azerbaijani), duyma (Azerbaijani), предчувствие (predčuvstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pressentiment [masculine] (Catalan), 預感 (Chinese Mandarin), 预感 (yùgǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), antaŭsento (Esperanto), aavistus (Finnish), pressentiment [masculine] (French), Vorahnung [feminine] (German), presentimento [masculine] (Italian), 予感 (yokan) (alt: よかん) (Japanese), 예감 (yegam) (Korean), praesāgium [neuter] (Latin), пре́тчувство (prétčuvstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), forutanelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przeczucie [neuter] (Polish), pressentimento [masculine] (Portuguese), предчу́вствие (predčúvstvije) [neuter] (Russian), slutnja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), presentimiento [masculine] (Spanish), corazonada [feminine] (Spanish), kutob (Tagalog)

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presentimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corazonada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen",
      "word": "kutob"
    }
  ],
  "word": "presentiment"
}

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