portent
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin portentum,[1] participle of portendere, from portendō (“I predict, I foretell”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɛnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɛnt/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɛnt/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoətɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɛnt, -o(ː)ɹtɛnt, -oətɛnt
Noun
[edit]portent (plural portents)
- Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
- It was a portent of things to come.
- A portending; significance
- a howl of dire portent
- Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:omen
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]omen
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “portent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “portent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
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Verb
[edit]portent
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]portent
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tend- (stretch)
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- English terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)tɛnt
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- Rhymes:English/o(ː)ɹtɛnt
- Rhymes:English/o(ː)ɹtɛnt/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/oətɛnt
- Rhymes:English/oətɛnt/3 syllables
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