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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯mən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɵ̞ʊ̯mən/
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• General-American: /ˈoʊ̯mən/
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• General-American: /ˈɔʊ̯mən/
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• rhymes with -əʊmən
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَأل — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Arabic: نَذِيْر (naḏiyr) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Arabic: طالِع (ṭāliʕ) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Bulgarian: поличба (poličba) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Bulgarian: знамение (znamenie) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Catalan: presagi — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Catalan: averany — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Catalan: auguri — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Catalan: auspici — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Cherokee: ᎤᏓᎴᎯ (udalehi) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Chinese Mandarin: 預兆 /预兆 (yùzhào) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Czech: znamení — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Dutch: voorteken — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Dutch: omen — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Dutch: voorbode — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Esperanto: aŭguro — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Esperanto: antaŭsigno — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Esperanto: omeno — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Finnish: enne — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• French: présage — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Galician: agoiro — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Galician: sinal — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• German: Omen — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Greek: οιωνός (oionós) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Greek: σημάδι (simádi) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Greek: προμήνυμα (promínyma) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Ancient Greek: οἰωνός (oiōnós) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Ancient Greek: κληδών (klēdṓn) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Ingrian: sanoma — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Irish: mana — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Irish: tuar — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Irish: droch-tuar — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Irish: teir — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Italian: presagio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Italian: segno — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Italian: auspicio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Italian: augurio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Italian: premonizione — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Italian: presentimento — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Latin: omen — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Latin: praenuntia — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Māori: takiari — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Māori: tūpō — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Māori: kōara — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Māori: inati — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Marathi: शकुन (śakun) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Norman: avèrti — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Norwegian: omen — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Old English: wyrd — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Persian: مروا (morvâ) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Persian: فال (fâl) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Persian: مرغوا (morġvâ) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Plautdietsch: Bediedunk — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Portuguese: augúrio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Portuguese: agouro — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Portuguese: presságio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Portuguese: vaticínio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Russian: зна́мение (známenije) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Russian: предзнаменова́ние (predznamenovánije) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Spanish: presagio — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Swedish: omen — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Swedish: järtecken — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Tagalog: pangitain — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Ottoman Turkish: فال (fal) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغور (uğur) — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Vietnamese: điềm — something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
• Bulgarian: предсказание (predskazanie) — prophetic significance
• Esperanto: antaŭsigno — prophetic significance
• Finnish: enne — prophetic significance
• French: présage — prophetic significance
• German: Omen — prophetic significance
• Greek: οιωνός (oionós) — prophetic significance
• Italian: presagio — prophetic significance
• Italian: augurio — prophetic significance
• Italian: prenunzio — prophetic significance
• Italian: indizio — prophetic significance
• Italian: premonizione — prophetic significance
• Italian: profezia — prophetic significance
• Portuguese: presságio — prophetic significance