English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Old English propheta Latin prophēta Anglo-Norman prophete Ancient Greek προφήτης prophḗtēs , “ one who speaks for a god ” ), from πρό pró , “ before ” ) + φημί phēmí , “ I tell ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] prophet (plural prophets
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration .
Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
Someone who predicts the future ; a soothsayer .
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
one who speaks by divine inspiration
Afrikaans: profeet
Albanian: profet (sq) m
Arabic: نَبِيّ (ar) m nabiyy )
Armenian: մարգարե (hy) (margare )
Asturian: profeta m , f
Azeri: peyğəmbər (az)
Bashkir: пәйғәмбәр päyğämbär )
Belarusian: праро́к m prarók ), праро́чыца f praróčyca )
Bengali: নবী nôbi )
Bulgarian: проро́к (bg) m prorók ), проро́чица f proróčica )
Catalan: profeta m , f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先知 (zh) (xiānzhī ), 預言家 (zh) , 预言家 (zh) (yùyánjiā )
Chuvash: пӳлӗхçӗ pülĕhçĕ )
Czech: prorok m prorokyně f
Danish: profet c
Dutch: profeet (nl) m profete (nl) f ziener (nl) m zieneres (nl) f
Esperanto: profeto (eo)
Estonian: prohvet
Ewe: nyagblɔɖila
Faroese: profetur m spámaður m
Finnish: profeetta (fi)
French: prophète (fr) m prophétesse (fr) f
Galician: profeta m profetisa f
Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli )
German: Prophet (de) m Prophetin f
Greek: προφήτης (el) m profítis )
Hebrew: נביא (he) m navi ), איש האלוהים m ish ha'elohim )
Hindi: नबी (hi) m nabī )
Hungarian: próféta (hu)
Icelandic: spámaður m
Indonesian: nabi (id)
Irish: fáidh m
Italian: profeta (it) m vate (it) m
Japanese: 預言者 よげんしゃ, yogensha )
Kazakh: пайғамбар payğambar )
Korean: 선지자 (ko) (seonjija ), 예언자 (ko) (yeeonja )
Kumyk: пайхаммар payxammar )
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: resûl (ku) , nebî (ku) , pêxember (ku)
Sorani: پێغەمەر pêğemer )
Kyrgyz: пайгамбар paygambar )
Latin: prophēta m vates m fatidicus m fatidica f vaticinator m
Latvian: pravietis m
Lithuanian: pranašas m
Macedonian: про́рок m prórok ), проро́чица f proróčica )
Malay: nabi
Maltese: profeta m
Mongolian: бошиглогч bošiglogč )
Ngazidja Comorian: mtrume class 3 /4
Norwegian: profet (no) m
Old Norse: spámaðr m
Pashto: نبي (ps) (nabi )
Persian: پیامبر (fa) (payâmbar ), نبی (fa) (nabi ), رسول (fa) (rasul ), وخشور (fa) (vaxšur )
Polish: prorok (pl) m prorokini (pl) f
Portuguese: profeta (pt) m profetisa (pt) f
Romanian: proroc (ro) m profet (ro) m
Romansch: profet m
Russian: проро́к (ru) m prorók ), проро́чица (ru) f proróčica )
Samoan: perofeta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пророк m пророчица f
Roman: pròrok (sh) m pròročica (sh) f
Slovak: prorok m prorokyňa f
Slovene: prerok (sl) m prerokinja f
Spanish: profeta (es) m profetisa (es) f
Swahili: nabii (sw) , mtume (sw)
Swedish: profet (sv) c
Tagalog: propeta manghahawo
Tajik: расул rasul ), пайғамбар payġambar )
Tatar: пәйгамбәр (tt) (päygambär )
Thai: ผู้เผยพระวจนะ pôopŏiepráwájàná )
Turkish: peygamber (tr) , nebi (tr) , resul (tr) , serdar-ı ekrem Allah'ın elçisi yalvaç (tr)
Turkmen: pygamber
Ukrainian: проро́к m prorók ), проро́чиця f proróčycja )
Urdu: نبی m nabī )
Uyghur: پەيغەمبەر peyghember )
Uzbek: paygʻambar (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà tiên tri (vi)
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) profetan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hiprofetan ( ♀ ) jiprofetan
Welsh: proffwyd (cy) m
Yiddish: נבֿיא m novi ), נבֿיאה f nevie )
one who foretells the future
Arabic: مَن يَتَنَبَّأُ man yatanabbaʾu )
Catalan: profeta m , f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先知 (zh) (xiānzhī ), 預言家 (zh) , 预言家 (zh) (yùyánjiā )
Czech: věštec m prorok m věštkyně (cs) f prorokyně f
Danish: profet c spåmand c , m spåkvinde c , f
Dutch: profeet (nl) m waarzegger (nl) m waarzegster (nl) f
Esperanto: profeto (eo)
Finnish: profeetta (fi) , ennustaja (fi)
French: prophète (fr) m prophétesse (fr) f devin (fr) m
German: Prophet (de) m Prophetin f
Greek: προφήτης (el) m profítis )
Hebrew: נביא (he) m navi ), מגד עתידות m maged atidot )
Hungarian: próféta (hu) , látnok (hu)
Icelandic: spámaður m
Irish: fáidh m
Italian: vate (it) m oracolo (it) m
Japanese: 予言者 よげんしゃ, yogensha )
Macedonian: про́рок m prórok ), претска́жувач m pretskážuvač )
Norwegian: profet (no) m spåmann m
Portuguese: profeta (pt) m vidente (pt) m , f
Russian: проро́к (ru) m prorók ), проро́чица (ru) f proróčica ), прорица́тель (ru) m proricátelʹ ), прорица́тельница (ru) f proricátelʹnica ), предсказа́тель (ru) m predskazátelʹ ), предсказа́тельница (ru) f predskazátelʹnica ), прови́дец (ru) m provídec ), прови́дица (ru) f provídica )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: видовњак пророк m пророчица f
Roman: vidovnjak (sh) , pròrok (sh) m pròročica (sh) f
Spanish: profeta (es) m
Swedish: profet (sv) c
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) profetan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hiprofetan ( ♀ ) jiprofetan
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