"prophetic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prophetic.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{bor|en|frm|prophétique}} Middle French prophétique, {{der|en|la|prophēticus}} Latin prophēticus, {{der|en|grc|προφητικός}} Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), {{suf|en|prophet|ic}} prophet + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prophetic (not comparable)
  1. Having the ability to prophesize; prescient. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prophetic-en-adj-vTYfGb1~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ic, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 44 4 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 12 42
  2. Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Divination Translations (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet): προφητικός (prophētikós) (Ancient Greek), χρηστήριος (khrēstḗrios) (Ancient Greek), proféticu (Asturian), праро́чы (praróčy) (Belarusian), пророчески (proročeski) (Bulgarian), profètic (Catalan), prorocký (Czech), profeta (Esperanto), enne- (Finnish), profetinen (english: relating to a prophecy) (Finnish), profeetallinen (english: relating to a prophet) (Finnish), prophétique (French), profético (Galician), prophetisch (German), profetikus (Hungarian), fáidhiúil (Irish), tairngeartach (Irish), profetico (Italian), пайғамбарлық (paiğambarlyq) (Kazakh), fāticanus (Latin), fātidicus (Latin), vāticinius (Latin), profetiski (Lower Sorbian), zwěšćelowarski (Lower Sorbian), profetisk (Norwegian Bokmål), profetisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), profeetisch (Plautdietsch), proroczy [masculine] (Polish), проро́ческий (proróčeskij) (Russian), ве́щий (véščij) (Russian), пророча̀нскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), proročànskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), profético (Spanish), profetisk (Swedish), проро́чий (proróčyj) (Ukrainian), proffwydol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-prophetic-en-adj-E6fANfI2 Disambiguation of Divination: 23 44 34 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet': 3 87 10
  3. Predicted, as by a prophecy. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prophetic-en-adj-~P30C84s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 2 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 44 4 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 4 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 3 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 2 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 37 11 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 32 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 32 3 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 4 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 6 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 13 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 3 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 31 12 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 32 3 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 29 4 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 32 12 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 3 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 18 1 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 3 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 3 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 11 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 31 11 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 32 4 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prophetical, prophetick [obsolete] Derived forms: prophetic week, propheticness

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:",
          "text": "[Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!",
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "proféticu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "praróčy",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "праро́чы"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proročeski",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "пророчески"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profètic"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "prorocký"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profeta"
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      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "relating to a prophecy",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetinen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "relating to a prophet",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profeetallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "prophétique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profético"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "prophetisch"
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      "word": "προφητικός"
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      "roman": "khrēstḗrios",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "χρηστήριος"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "fáidhiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "tairngeartach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetico"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "paiğambarlyq",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "пайғамбарлық"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "fāticanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "fātidicus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "vāticinius"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profeetisch"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "proroczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proróčeskij",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "проро́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véščij",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "ве́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пророча̀нскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "proročànskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetiski"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "zwěšćelowarski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profético"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "profetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proróčyj",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "проро́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet",
      "word": "proffwydol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prophetic"
}

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