oracle

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• /ˈɔɹəkəl/
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• /ˈɒɹəkəl/
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• homophone: auricle
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 R AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: оракул (orakul) — shrine to prophetic deity
• Catalan: oracle — shrine to prophetic deity
• Czech: věštírna — shrine to prophetic deity
• Czech: orákulum — shrine to prophetic deity
• Finnish: oraakkeli — shrine to prophetic deity
• French: oracle — shrine to prophetic deity
• Galician: oráculo — shrine to prophetic deity
• German: Orakel — shrine to prophetic deity
• Greek: μαντείο (manteío) — shrine to prophetic deity
• Ancient Greek: μαντεῖον (manteîon) — shrine to prophetic deity
• Hungarian: jósda — shrine to prophetic deity
• Icelandic: véfrétt — shrine to prophetic deity
• Irish: oracal — shrine to prophetic deity
• Italian: oracolo — shrine to prophetic deity
• Latin: fatus — shrine to prophetic deity
• Māori: ahurewa — shrine to prophetic deity
• Portuguese: oráculo — shrine to prophetic deity
• Russian: ора́кул (orákul) — shrine to prophetic deity
• Slovene: orakelj — shrine to prophetic deity
• Turkish: mabet — shrine to prophetic deity
• Turkish: tapınak — shrine to prophetic deity
• Arabic: كَاهِن (kāhin) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Arabic: عَرَّاف (ʕarrāf) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Bulgarian: оракул (orakul) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Chinese Mandarin: 甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Danish: orakel — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• French: oracle — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• German: Orakel — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Greek: μάντης (mántis) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Ancient Greek: χρησμῳδός (khrēsmōidós) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Hungarian: jós — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Icelandic: spáprestur — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Icelandic: goðsvari — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Irish: oracal — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Italian: oracolo — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Japanese: 神託 (shintaku) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Japanese: 託宣 (takusen) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Japanese: オラクル (orakuru) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Latin: fatus — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Māori: tohunga ahurewa — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Māori: matatuhi — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Polish: wyrocznia — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Portuguese: oráculo — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Russian: ора́кул (orákul) — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Spanish: oráculo — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Swedish: orakel — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Turkish: orakl — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Turkish: orakul — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Turkish: ırkıl — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Turkish: arkıl — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Turkish: kâhin — priest through whom deity provides prophecy or advice
• Albanian: fatthënie — prophetic response
• Arabic: إِلْهَام (ʔilhām) — prophetic response
• Bulgarian: пророчество (proročestvo) — prophetic response
• Esperanto: oraklo — prophetic response
• French: oracle — prophetic response
• German: Orakel — prophetic response
• German: Orakelspruch — prophetic response
• Greek: χρησμός (chrismós) — prophetic response
• Ancient Greek: χρησμός (khrēsmós) — prophetic response
• Hungarian: jóslat — prophetic response
• Icelandic: véfrétt — prophetic response
• Icelandic: goðsvar — prophetic response
• Irish: oracal — prophetic response
• Italian: oracolo — prophetic response
• Italian: divinazione — prophetic response
• Latin: fatus — prophetic response
• Portuguese: oráculo — prophetic response
• Russian: прорица́ние (proricánije) — prophetic response
• Turkish: ırık — prophetic response
• Turkish: ırım — prophetic response
• Bulgarian: мъдрец (mǎdrec) — person who is a source of wisdom
• Danish: orakel — person who is a source of wisdom
• French: oracle — person who is a source of wisdom
• German: Orakel — person who is a source of wisdom
• Icelandic: spakvitringur — person who is a source of wisdom
• Irish: saoi — person who is a source of wisdom
• Irish: saineolaí — person who is a source of wisdom
• Japanese: 賢人 (kenjin) — person who is a source of wisdom
• Latin: fatus — person who is a source of wisdom
• Māori: matatuhi — person who is a source of wisdom
• Portuguese: oráculo — person who is a source of wisdom
• Russian: ора́кул (orákul) — person who is a source of wisdom
• Russian: прорица́тель (proricátelʹ) — person who is a source of wisdom
• Swedish: orakel — person who is a source of wisdom
• Turkish: arkıl — person who is a source of wisdom
• Turkish: ırkıl — person who is a source of wisdom
• German: orakeln — utter oracles or prophecies
• Italian: profetizzare — utter oracles or prophecies
• Italian: presagire — utter oracles or prophecies
• Italian: premonire — utter oracles or prophecies