"prophète" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pʁɔ.fɛt/ Audio: Fr-prophète.ogg Forms: prophètes [plural], prophétesse [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|prophete|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French prophete, {{inh+|fr|fro|prophete}} Inherited from Old French prophete, {{der|fr|la|prophēta}} Latin prophēta, {{der|fr|grc|προφήτης|t=one who speaks for a god}} Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), {{m|grc|πρό|t=before}} πρό (pró, “before”), {{m|grc|φημί|t=to tell}} φημί (phēmí, “to tell”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=prophétesse}} prophète m (plural prophètes, feminine prophétesse)
  1. prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration) Wikipedia link: fr:prophète Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Divination Derived forms: nul n’est prophète en son pays, Prophète Related terms: prophétie, prophétique, prophétiser
    Sense id: en-prophète-fr-noun-668x1byo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for prophète meaning in French (3.2kB)

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