Dictionary

prophetess en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹɒfɪˈtɛs/ (UK)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs)bor. Latin prophēta Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Latin -issa Latin prophētissa Old French prophetessebor. Middle English prophetesse English prophetess From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet + -ess.

Meanings

1. A female prophet.
   • What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 138:

Forms

Deriveds

pseudoprophetess

Translations (48)

eo profetino (female prophet) · mk проро́чица (female prophet) · fr prophétesse (female prophet) · ro profetă (female prophet) · nb spåkone (female prophet) · yi נבֿיאה (female prophet) · cy proffwydes (female prophet) · vo jiprofetan (female prophet) · sl prerokinja (female prophet) · pl prorokini (female prophet) · la prophētissa (female prophet) · uk проро́чиця (female prophet) · ru проро́чица (female prophet) · pt profetisa (female prophet) · cs prorokyně (female prophet) · cs věštkyně (female prophet) · grc προφῆτις (female prophet) · la prophētis (female prophet) · ast profeta (female prophet) · fi profeetta (female prophet) · sv sierska (female prophet) · de Weissagerin (female prophet) · sh пророчица (female prophet) · ca profetessa (female prophet) · sv profetissa (female prophet) · nb profetinne (female prophet) · da profetinde (female prophet) · bg проро́чица (female prophet) · hy մարգարեուհի (female prophet) · ja 女預言者 (female prophet) · fi naisprofeetta (female prophet) · la vāticinātrīx (female prophet) · de Prophetin (female prophet) · ga banfháidh (female prophet) · ru предсказа́тельница (female prophet) · gl profetisa (female prophet) · got 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (female prophet) · ga fáidhbhean (female prophet) · nn spåkone (female prophet) · it profetessa (female prophet) · gd ban-fhàidh (female prophet) · be праро́чыца (female prophet) · sh pròročica (female prophet) · sk prorokyňa (female prophet) · hu prófétanő (female prophet) · pl wieszczka (female prophet) · es profetisa (female prophet) · nn profetinne (female prophet)