portent (redirected from portents)

por·tent  (pôrtnt, pr-)

n.

1. An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.

2. Prophetic or threatening significance: signs full of portent.

3. Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.

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[Latin portentum, from neuter past participle of portendere, to portend; see portend.]

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portent

Noun

1. a sign of a future event

2. great or ominous significance: matters of great portent

3. a marvel [Latin portentum sign]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

portent - a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" omen, 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

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portent

noun omen, sign, warning, threat, indication, premonition, foreshadowing, foreboding, harbinger, presage, forewarning, prognostication, augury, presentiment, prognostic

Translations

portent [ˈpɔːtɛnt] n → presagio, augurio

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portent [ˈpɔːtɛnt] n → présage m

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portent [ˈpɔːtɛnt] n → Vorzeichen nt

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portent [ˈpɔːtɛnt] n → presagio

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portent

n portent [ˈpoːtent]

something usually strange and remarkable that warns of some future happening strange signs and portents. waarskuwing نَذيرُ شُؤْم предзнаменование předzvěst, zlé znamení varsel das Vorzeichen οιωνός presagio, augurio enne شگون؛ یمن enne présage סִימָן לַבָּאוֹת अपशकुन, शकुन, चमत्कार koban znak (baljós) előjel firasat fyrirboði presagio 前兆 전조, 조짐 (pranašingas) ženklas (ļaunu vēstoša) zīme; pareģojums petanda voorteken (for)varsel, tegn znak, wróżba mau agouro preves­tire предзнаменование predzvesť, zlé znamenie znamenje predznak förebud, varsel, järtecken ปาฏิหาริย์ belirti, alâmet 預兆，不祥之兆，徵兆 ознака, передвістя شگون، فال điềm báo 预兆，不祥之兆，征兆