Dictionary

premonition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌprɛ-/
• prĕm'ə-
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/
• prē'mə-nĭshʹən

Etymology

First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.

Meanings

1. A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
2. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
   • The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 17:

Forms

Deriveds

premonitionary · premonitional · premonitory

Relateds

postmonition

Synonyms

second sight · bad feeling · gut feeling · foreboding · vision · hunch

Translations (69)

nb syn (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · es premonición (strong intuition) · fi enne (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · pl przeczucie (strong intuition) · fr prémonition (strong intuition) · sh prȅdosjećāj (strong intuition) · is fyrirboði (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · tl salagimsim (strong intuition) · sh slútnja (strong intuition) · sv varsel (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · sh предосећање (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · ar حَدْس (strong intuition) · el προαίσθημα (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · it premonizione (strong intuition) · mk у́сета (strong intuition) · ca premonició (strong intuition) · ru предчу́вствие (strong intuition) · it premonizione (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · is viðvörun (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · mk пре́тчувство (strong intuition) · de Vorahnung (strong intuition) · it predizione (strong intuition) · sv föraning (strong intuition) · ar نُبُوءَة (strong intuition) · id firasat (strong intuition) · tr önsezi (strong intuition) · la praesāgium (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · fi enneuni (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · hu előérzet (strong intuition) · mk пре́тчувство (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · pt premonição (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · la praemonitus (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · id pertanda (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · sh predosećaj (strong intuition) · ar رُؤْيَة (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · ca pressentiment (strong intuition) · fi ennakkoaavistus (strong intuition) · es presentimiento (strong intuition) · nb varsel (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · it presentimento (strong intuition) · ca presagi (strong intuition) · nl voorgevoel (strong intuition) · ru предчу́вствие (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · ro premoniție (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · sh предосећај (strong intuition) · ja 予感 (strong intuition) · mk у́сета (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · bg интуиция (strong intuition) · eo antaŭsento (strong intuition) · bg предчувствие (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · sh слу́тња (strong intuition) · ko 예감 (strong intuition) · cmn 預感 /预感 (strong intuition) · mk насету́вање (strong intuition) · ca premonició (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · sh пре̏досјећа̄ј (strong intuition) · sv förebud (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · cs předtucha (strong intuition) · sl slutnja (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · pt pressentimento (strong intuition) · nb forutanelse (strong intuition) · sh predosećanje (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · es premonición (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · fr prémonition (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · fi etiäinen (strong intuition) · mk предосету́вање (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · hi अंतर्ज्ञान (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) · th ลางสังหรณ์ (strong intuition) · it presagio (strong intuition)