oracle

English

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Etymology

From Old French oracle.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɒrəkəl/

Noun

oracle (plural oracles)

1. A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
2. A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
3. A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
4. A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
5. (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.

Derived terms

• oracle machine

Synonyms

• (priest acting as conduit of prophecy): prophet
• (person who is a source of wisdom): expert

Translations

shrine to prophetic deity

• Finnish: oraakkeli (fi)
• German: Orakel (de) n
• Greek: μαντείο (el) (manteío)

• Russian: оракул (ru) (orákul) m
• Slovene: orakelj (sl)
• Turkish: kâhin (tr)

priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice

• German: Orakel (de) n
• Japanese: 神託 (ja) (shintaku), 託宣 (ja) (takusen), オラクル (ja) (orakuru)
• Greek: μάντης (el) (mántis)

• Polish: wyrocznia (pl) f
• Russian: оракул (ru) (orákul) m

prophetic response

• Esperanto: oraklo (eo)
• German: Orakel (de) n, Orakelspruch (de) m

• Greek: χρησμός (el) (chrismós)
• Russian: прорицание (ru) (proricánije) n

person who is a source of wisdom

• German: Orakel (de) n

• Japanese: 神託 (ja) (shintaku), 託宣 (ja) (takusen), オラクル (ja) (orakuru)
• Russian: оракул (ru) (orákul) m, прорицатель (ru) (proricátel') m

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• French: oracle (fr)
• German: Orakel n

• Italian: oracolo m
• Spanish: oráculo

Verb

oracle (third-person singular simple present oracles, present participle oracling, simple past and past participle oracled)

1. (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Translations

utter oracles or prophecies

• German: orakeln (de)

Anagrams

• Carole, coaler

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French

Etymology

From Latin oraculum.

Noun

oracle m (plural oracles)

1. oracle

Anagrams

• Carole, racole, racolé