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o·men  (mn)

n.

1. A phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil; a prophetic sign.

2. Prognostication; portent: birds of ill omen.

tr.v. o·mened, o·men·ing, o·mens

To be a prophetic sign of; portend.

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[Latin men.]

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omen [ˈəʊmən]

n

1. a phenomenon or occurrence regarded as a sign of future happiness or disaster

2. prophetic significance

vb

(tr) to portend

[from Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	omen - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" portent, prognostic, prognostication, presage, prodigy augury, foretoken, preindication, sign - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" auspice - a favorable omen foreboding - an unfavorable omen death knell - an omen of death or destruction
Verb	1.	omen - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, portend, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

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omen

noun portent, sign, warning, threat, indication, foreshadowing, foreboding, harbinger, presage, forewarning, writing on the wall, prognostication, augury, prognostic, foretoken Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.

Quotations
"May the gods avert this omen" [Cicero Third Philippic]
"omen: a sign that something will happen if nothing happens" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

omen [ˈəʊmen] N → augurio m, presagio m
it is a good omen that → es un buen presagio que ...
bird of ill omen → ave f de mal agüero

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omen [ˈəʊmɛn] n → présage m
a good omen → un bon présage
a bad omen → un mauvais présage
to be an omen of things to come
It was an omen of things to come → C'était un présage de ce qui allait arriver.

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omen

n → Omen nt, → Zeichen nt; it is an omen of greatness → das bedeutet Erfolg; a bird of ill omen → ein Unglücksvogel m

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omen [ˈəʊmən] n → presagio, auspicio

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omen [ˈəʊmən] n → presagio, auspicio

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omen

n omen [ˈəumən]

a sign of a future event Long ago, storms were regarded as bad omens. voorbode بَشير، نَذير، دلالَةٌ عَلى المُسْتَقْبَل поличба znamení varsel; tegn das Omen οιωνός augurio, presagio enne طالع؛ یمن enne augure סִימָן शगुन चिह्न predznak ómen pertanda fyrirboði auspicio, presagio 前兆 전조, 징조 pranašiškas ženklas zīme; pazīme; likteņzīme petanda voorteken tegn, varsel omen, znak presságio prevestire предзнаменование znamenie znamenje predznak omen, järtecken, förebud ลางบอกเหตุ işaret 預兆 ознака, прикмета شگون، فال điềm 预兆