Dictionary

prophetic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.
   • [Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle! c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
2. (not-comparable) Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.
   • Despite his intention, his work had the effect of revealing the mythological, prophetic, and utopian sense of Marxism which had eluded Marx's more scientistic followers. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 298:
3. (not-comparable) Predicted, as by a prophecy.
   • And fears are oft prophetic of the event. 1717, William Congreve, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Laurence Eusden, John Ozell, “Book X”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

pseudoprophetic · historicoprophetic · unprophetic · prophetic week · antiprophetic · preprophetic · propheticism · nonprophetic · propheticness · prophetically · prophetic year

Translations (39)

la vāticinius (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · ga fáidhiúil (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · pdt profeetisch (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · nb profetisk (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · id profetik (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · nn profetisk (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · fi profeetallinen (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · nl profetisch (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · id profetis (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · eo profeta (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · ga tairngeartach (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · sh proročànskī (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · fi enne- (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · grc προφητικός (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · hu profetikus (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · pl proroczy (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · dsb profetiski (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · ru ве́щий (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · sh пророча̀нскӣ (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · be праро́чы (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · ca profètic (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · fr prophétique (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · cy proffwydol (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · uk проро́чий (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · la fāticanus (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · ru проро́ческий (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · it profetico (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · kk пайғамбарлық (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · la fātidicus (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · cs prorocký (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · bg пророчески (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · grc χρηστήριος (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · ast proféticu (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · dsb zwěšćelowarski (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · gl profético (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · de prophetisch (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · es profético (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · sv profetisk (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) · fi profetinen (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet)