omen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈəʊ̯mən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈɔʊ̯mən/ (General-American)
- /ˈɵ̞ʊ̯mən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈoʊ̯mən/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
Meanings
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Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
The egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen.
Necessarily she took it for an omen.
1924, Arnold Bennett, Riceyman Steps, page 222:The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
1856, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 10, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary, Part 3:A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
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A thing of prophetic significance.
A sign of ill omen.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| omens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
absit omen · omenic · bird of ill omen · omenless
Hyponyms
warning · boding · foreboding
Relateds
ominous · oracle · predict · abomination
Synonyms
herald · forewarning · sign · prediction · forecast · harbinger · omen · prophecy · indication · straw in the wind · portent · token · hint · signal · presage · warning · auspice · foretoken · oracle · augury · writing on the wall (hand) · danger sign · foreshadowing · prognostic
Translations (79)
ar طالِع (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · vi điềm (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · nl voorteken (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ota اوغور (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · fa مرغوا (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it profezia (prophetic significance) · de Omen (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it prenunzio (prophetic significance) · eo antaŭsigno (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · pt vaticínio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · pt presságio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ru предзнаменова́ние (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · el οιωνός (prophetic significance) · ru зна́мение (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · sv omen (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · bg знамение (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it premonizione (prophetic significance) · fi enne (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · nrf avèrti (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ga teir (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · chr ᎤᏓᎴᎯ (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ota فال (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ca averany (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · eo antaŭsigno (prophetic significance) · pt augúrio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it premonizione (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · gl sinal (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · eo omeno (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · el οιωνός (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · bg поличба (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · fi enne (prophetic significance) · it augurio (prophetic significance) · tl pangitain (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it auspicio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ar فَأل (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · mi takiari (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ca auguri (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · mi kōara (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · de Omen (prophetic significance) · it presagio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ga mana (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · mr शकुन (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · fa مروا (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it augurio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · mi inati (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · pdt Bediedunk (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · pt agouro (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · el σημάδι (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · mi tūpō (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it indizio (prophetic significance) · sv järtecken (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · nl voorbode (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · fr présage (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it presentimento (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it segno (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ga droch-tuar (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · el προμήνυμα (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · nl omen (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · bg предсказание (prophetic significance) · es presagio (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · izh sanoma (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · nb omen (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · it presagio (prophetic significance) · fa فال (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · fr présage (prophetic significance) · la praenuntia (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · eo aŭguro (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ga tuar (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · grc οἰωνός (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ang wyrd (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · grc κληδών (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · pt presságio (prophetic significance) · cs znamení (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · cmn 預兆 /预兆 (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · la omen (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ca auspici (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ca presagi (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · ar نَذِيْر (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding) · gl agoiro (something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding)