omen
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See also: Omen
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin omen (“foreboding, omen”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
omen (plural omens)
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
- the ghost's appearance was an ill omen
- a rise in imports might be an omen of recovery
- the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
- prophetic significance
- a sign of ill omen
Usage notes[edit]
- Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky.
Synonyms[edit]
- portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall, indication, hint, foretoken; see also Wikisaurus:omen
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
prophetic significance
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Verb[edit]
omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
Synonyms[edit]
- prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- omen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- omen in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Latin *osmen, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly related to Ancient Greek οἴμαι (oímai, “I think, believe, suppose”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)).[1]. Or, related to audio.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ōmen n (genitive ōminis); third declension
- an omen
Inflection[edit]
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōmen | ōmina |
| genitive | ōminis | ōminum |
| dative | ōminī | ōminibus |
| accusative | ōmen | ōmina |
| ablative | ōmine | ōminibus |
| vocative | ōmen | ōmina |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen or omener or omina, definite plural omena or omenene or ominaene)
- an omen
References[edit]
- “omen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen, definite plural omena)
- an omen
References[edit]
- “omen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
omen m
- Alternative form of ome
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