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A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he hoped it was an augury
- it was a sign from God
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sign, foretoken, preindication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experience
Narrower terms: war cloud, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَوَسُّم الطَّيْر
(tawassum aṭ-ṭayr)
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Bulgarian:
гадание
(gadanie)
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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French:
augure
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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German:
Prophezeiung
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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German:
Vorzeichen
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Greek:
οιωνοσκοπία
(oionoskopía)
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Italian:
augurio
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Latin:
auspicium
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Macedonian:
га́тање
(gátanje)
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Portuguese:
augúrio
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Romanian:
augur
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Romanian:
auspiciu
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Scottish Gaelic:
frìth
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Spanish:
augurio
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Spanish:
presagio
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Spanish:
agüero
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Telugu:
శాకునము
(śākunamu)
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Turkish:
alâmet
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Turkish:
kehanet
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Ottoman Turkish:
كبزه
(kebze)
— divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
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Bulgarian:
предсказание
(predskazanie)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Bulgarian:
предчувствие
(predčuvstvie)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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French:
augure
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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German:
Omen
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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German:
Vorzeichen
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Greek:
οιωνός
(oionós)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Italian:
augurio
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Italian:
presagio
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Italian:
predizione
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Macedonian:
пре́дзнак
(prédznak)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Macedonian:
претсказа́ние
(pretskazánie)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Old English:
hwatu
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Persian:
اغر
(oġor)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Persian:
مروا
(morvâ)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Portuguese:
agouro
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Romanian:
augur
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Romanian:
semn
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Romanian:
piază
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Swedish:
förebud
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Swedish:
järtecken
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Swedish:
varsel
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Turkish:
alâmet
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Turkish:
işaret
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Ottoman Turkish:
فال
(fal)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
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Ottoman Turkish:
اوغور
(uğur)
— an omen or prediction; a foreboding
