harbinger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 References

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[edit] Etymology

Originally, a person that is sent in advance to provide lodgings. From Middle English herbergeour < Old French herbergeor ( > French héberger (“‘to put up’”)) < Frankish heriberga (“‘inn’”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɑː(ɹ).bɪn.dʒə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"hA:(r).bIn.dZ@(r)/
• (US) enPR: härʹbĭnjər, IPA: /ˈhɑːɹbɪndʒɚ/, SAMPA: /"hA:rbIndZ@`/
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[edit] Noun

harbinger (plural harbingers)

1. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

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• herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal, prophet

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[edit] Verb

to harbinger (third-person singular simple present harbingers, present participle harbingering, simple past and past participle harbingered)

1. (transitive) To announce; to be a harbinger of.

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• herald

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• Notes:

1. ^ Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version at [1]

• harbinger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913