prophet

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[edit] Etymology

Old English propheta, from Latin propheta (later reinforced in English by Anglo-Norman prophete), from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophētēs) "one who speaks for a god" < πρό (pro) "before" + φήμι (phēmi) "I tell"

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prŏf'it, /ˈprɒfɪt/, /"prQf@t/
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Homophones: profit

[edit] Noun

Singular
prophet

Plural
prophets

prophet (plural prophets)

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

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[edit] Translations

one who speaks by divine inspiration

Arabic: نَبِيّ (nábiy) m., رَسُول (rasūl) m.
Armenian: մարգարե hy(hy) (margare)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 先知 (xiānzhī), 預言家, 预言家 (yùyánjiā)
Croatian: pròrok hr(hr) m., pròročica hr(hr) f.
Czech: prorok cs(cs) m.
Danish: profet da(da) c.
Dutch: profeet nl(nl) m.
Ewe: nyagblɔɖila
Finnish: profeetta fi(fi)
French: prophète fr(fr) m.
Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი ka(ka) (cinascarmetqveli)
German: Prophet de(de) m., Prophetin de(de) f.

Greek: προφήτης el(el) (profítis) m.
Hebrew: נביא he(he) (navi) m., איש האלוהים he(he) (ish ha'elohim) m.
Indonesian: nabi id(id)
Japanese: 預言者 (よげんしゃ, yogensha)
Kurdish: پێغه‌مبه‌ر ku(ku), resûl ku(ku), nebî ku(ku), pêxember ku(ku)
Macedonian: пророк mk(mk) (prórok) m.
Persian: پیغامبر fa(fa)
Polish: prorok pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: profeta pt(pt) m.
Russian: пророк ru(ru) (prorók) m.
Serbian: пророк sr(sr) (prorok) m.
Turkish: peygamber tr(tr), nebi tr(tr), resul tr(tr), serdar-ı ekrem tr(tr), Efendimiz tr(tr), Allah'ın elçisi tr(tr), yalvaç tr(tr)

one who foretells the future

Arabic: مَن يَتَنَبّأ (man yatanábba’u)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 先知 (xiānzhī), 預言家, 预言家 (yùyánjiā)
Croatian: pròrok hr(hr) m., pròročica hr(hr) f.
Czech: věštec cs(cs) m., prorok cs(cs) m.
Danish: profet da(da) c., spåmand da(da) c. (male), spåkvinde da(da) c. (female)
Dutch: profeet nl(nl) m., waarzegger nl(nl) m., waarzegster nl(nl) f.
Finnish: profeetta fi(fi), ennustaja fi(fi)
French: prophète fr(fr) m.

German: Prophet de(de) m., Prophetin de(de) f.
Greek: προφήτης el(el) m. (profítis)
Hebrew: נביא he(he) (navi) m., מגד עתידות he(he) (maged atidot) m.
Japanese: 予言者 (よげんしゃ, yogensha)
Macedonian: пророк mk(mk) (prórok) m., претскажувач mk(mk) (pretskážuvač) m.
Russian: пророк ru(ru) (prorók) m., прорицатель ru(ru) (proricátel’) m., предсказатель ru(ru) (predskazátel’) m., провидец ru(ru) (provídec) m.
Serbian: пророк sr(sr) (prorok), vidovnjak

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Bosnian: prorok bs(bs) m.
Esperanto: profeto
Korean: 예언자 (ye-eonja)
Kurdish: peyamber, qasid
Norwegian: profet no(no) m.

Portuguese: profeta pt(pt) m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: пророк sr(sr) m.

Roman: prorok m.
Spanish: profeta es(es) m.

prophet

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