prophet

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• US: prŏ'fit
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• US: /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/
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From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.

270 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Central Kurdish: پێغەمەر (pêẍemer) — any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, Quran, or Torah
• Latin: prophetes — any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, Quran, or Torah
• French: Prophète — Muhammmad
• Afrikaans: profeet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Albanian: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Albanian: mrrim (Shala) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Amharic: ነቢይ (näbiy) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Arabic: نَبِيّ (nabiyy) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Arabic: نَبِيء (nabīʔ) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Arabic: رَسُول (rasūl) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Juba Arabic: nebi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Aramaic: נביא (nəḇiyyā) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Aramaic: ܢܒܝܐ — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Armenian: մարգարե (margare) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Asturian: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Avar: авараг (awarag) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Azerbaijani: peyğəmbər — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Azerbaijani: nəbi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Azerbaijani: rəsul — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Bashkir: пәйғәмбәр (pəyğəmbər) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Beaver: naachin — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Belarusian: праро́к (prarók) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Belarusian: праро́чыца (praróčyca) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Bengali: নবী (nobi) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Bulgarian: проро́к (prorók) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Bulgarian: проро́чица (proróčica) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Burmese: ပရောဖက် (pa.rau:hpak) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Catalan: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Chechen: пайхамар (pajxamar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ (adolehosgi) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Chinese Mandarin: 先知 (xiānzhī) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Chinese Mandarin: 預言家 /预言家 (yùyánjiā) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Chuvash: пӳлӗхҫӗ (pülĕhśĕ) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ngazidja Comorian: mtrume — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Czech: prorok — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Czech: prorokyně — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Danish: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Danish: profetinde — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Dutch: profeet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Dutch: profete — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Dutch: ziener — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Dutch: zieneres — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Esperanto: profeto — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Esperanto: profetino — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Estonian: prohvet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ewe: nyagblɔɖila — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Faroese: profetur — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Faroese: spámaður — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Finnish: profeetta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• French: prophète — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• French: prophétesse — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Galician: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Galician: profetisa — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• German: Prophet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• German: Prophetin — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• German: Weissager — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Gothic: 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌴𐍃 (praufētēs) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Greek: προφήτης (profítis) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ancient Greek: προφήτης (prophḗtēs) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ancient Greek: προφάτας (prophátas) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ancient Greek: προφήτωρ (prophḗtōr) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ancient Greek: προφῆτις (prophêtis) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Haitian Creole: profèt — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Hausa: annabi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Hebrew: נָבִיא (naví) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Hebrew: איש האלוהים (ish ha'elohim) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Hindi: नबी (nabī) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Hungarian: próféta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Hungarian: prófétanő — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Icelandic: spámaður — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Indonesian: nabi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Irish: fáidh — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Italian: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Italian: vate — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Italian: divinatore — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Italian: aedo — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Japanese: 預言者 (yogensha) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Kazakh: пайғамбар (paiğambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Khmer: ព្យាការី (pyiəkaarəy) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Konkani: पैगंबर (paigambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Korean: 선지자 (seonjija) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Korean: 예언자 (yeeonja) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Kumyk: пайхаммар (payxammar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Central Kurdish: پێغەمبەر (pêẍember) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Northern Kurdish: resûl — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Northern Kurdish: nebî — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Northern Kurdish: pêxember — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Kyrgyz: пайгамбар (paygambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Lao: ສາດສະດາ (sāt sa dā) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Latin: prophēta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Latin: vates — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Latin: fatidicus — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Latin: fatidica — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Latin: vaticinator — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Latvian: pravietis — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Lezgi: пайгъамбар (pajġambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Lithuanian: pranašas — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Luxembourgish: Prophéit — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Luxembourgish: Prophéitin — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Macedonian: пророк (prorok) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Macedonian: пророчица (proročica) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Malay: nabi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Maltese: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Manchu: ᡦᠣᡵᠣᡶᡳᠶᡝᡨᠠ (porofiyeta) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Mongolian: бошиглогч (bošiglogč) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Mwani: ntume — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Niuean: perofeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Norwegian Bokmål: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Norwegian Bokmål: profetinne — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Norwegian Nynorsk: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Norwegian Nynorsk: profetinne — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Old English: wītga — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Old Norse: spámaðr — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Pashto: نبي (nabi) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Pashto: رسول (rasul) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Pashto: پيغمبر (peyǧambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Iranian Persian: پِیامْبَر (peyâmbar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Iranian Persian: نَبی (nabi) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Iranian Persian: رَسول (rasul) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Iranian Persian: وَخْشور (vaxšur) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Iranian Persian: پِیْغَمْبَر (peyġambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Plautdietsch: Profeet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Pohnpeian: soukohp — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Polish: prorok — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Polish: prorokini — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Portuguese: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Portuguese: profetisa — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Romanian: proroc — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Romanian: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Romansh: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Russian: проро́к (prorók) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Russian: проро́чица (proróčica) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Yakut: көрбүөччү (körbüöččü) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Samoan: perofeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀рок — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀рочица — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Serbo-Croatian: pròrok — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Serbo-Croatian: pròročica — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Sinhalese: තුමා (tumā) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Slovak: prorok — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Slovak: prorokyňa — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Slovene: prerok — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Slovene: prerokinja — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Somali: nebi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Spanish: profeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Spanish: profetisa — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Swahili: nabii — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Swahili: mtume — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Swedish: profet — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tagalog: propeta — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tagalog: manghahawo — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tajik: расул (rasul) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tajik: пайғамбар (payġambar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tajik: паёмбар (payombar) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tashelhit: arqqas — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tatar: пәйгамбәр (päyğämbär) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Tausug: nabī — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Thai: ศาสดา (sàat-sà-daa) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Turkish: peygamber — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Turkish: yalvaç — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ottoman Turkish: پیغامبر (peygamber) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ottoman Turkish: رسول (resul) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Turkmen: pygamber — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ukrainian: проро́к (prorók) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Ukrainian: проро́чиця (proróčycja) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Urdu: نَبی (nabī) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Urdu: رَسُول (rasūl) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Uyghur: پەيغەمبەر (peyghember) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Uyghur: نەبى (nebi) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Uyghur: روسۇل (rosul) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Uzbek: paygʻambar — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Uzbek: nabi — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Uzbek: rasul — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Vietnamese: nhà tiên tri — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Volapük: profetan — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Volapük: hiprofetan — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Volapük: jiprofetan — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Welsh: proffwyd — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Yiddish: נבֿיא (novi) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Yiddish: נבֿיאה (nevie) — one who speaks by divine inspiration
• Arabic: مُتَنَبِّئ (mutanabbiʔ) — one who foretells the future
• Arabic: نَبِيء (nabīʔ) — one who foretells the future
• Asturian: profeta — one who foretells the future
• Asturian: adivín — one who foretells the future
• Catalan: profeta — one who foretells the future
• Chinese Mandarin: 先知 (xiānzhī) — one who foretells the future
• Chinese Mandarin: 預言家 /预言家 (yùyánjiā) — one who foretells the future
• Czech: věštec — one who foretells the future
• Czech: prorok — one who foretells the future
• Czech: věštkyně — one who foretells the future
• Czech: prorokyně — one who foretells the future
• Danish: profet — one who foretells the future
• Danish: profetinde — one who foretells the future
• Danish: spåmand — one who foretells the future
• Danish: spåkvinde — one who foretells the future
• Dutch: profeet — one who foretells the future
• Dutch: waarzegger — one who foretells the future
• Dutch: waarzegster — one who foretells the future
• Esperanto: profeto — one who foretells the future
• Esperanto: profetino — one who foretells the future
• Finnish: profeetta — one who foretells the future
• Finnish: ennustaja — one who foretells the future
• French: prophète — one who foretells the future
• French: prophétesse — one who foretells the future
• French: devin — one who foretells the future
• German: Prophet — one who foretells the future
• German: Prophetin — one who foretells the future
• German: Weissager — one who foretells the future
• Greek: προφήτης (profítis) — one who foretells the future
• Haitian Creole: profèt — one who foretells the future
• Hebrew: נָבִיא (navi) — one who foretells the future
• Hebrew: מגד עתידות (maged atidot) — one who foretells the future
• Hungarian: próféta — one who foretells the future
• Hungarian: látnok — one who foretells the future
• Icelandic: spámaður — one who foretells the future
• Icelandic: spákona — one who foretells the future
• Irish: fáidh — one who foretells the future
• Irish: fáistineach — one who foretells the future
• Italian: vate — one who foretells the future
• Italian: oracolo — one who foretells the future
• Italian: veggente — one who foretells the future
• Italian: vaticinatore — one who foretells the future
• Italian: indovino — one who foretells the future
• Japanese: 予言者 (yogensha) — one who foretells the future
• Korean: 예언자 (yeeonja) — one who foretells the future
• Latin: vātēs — one who foretells the future
• Macedonian: пророк (prorok) — one who foretells the future
• Macedonian: претскажувач (pretskažuvač) — one who foretells the future
• Māori: matakite — one who foretells the future
• Māori: matatuhi — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: profet — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: profetinne — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: spåmann — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Bokmål: spåkvinne — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Nynorsk: profet — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Nynorsk: profetinne — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spåmann — one who foretells the future
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spåkvinne — one who foretells the future
• Old English: wītga — one who foretells the future
• Polish: prorok — one who foretells the future
• Polish: prorokini — one who foretells the future
• Portuguese: profeta — one who foretells the future
• Portuguese: vidente — one who foretells the future
• Russian: проро́к (prorók) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: проро́чица (proróčica) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: прорица́тель (proricátelʹ) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: прорица́тельница (proricátelʹnica) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: предсказа́тель (predskazátelʹ) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: предсказа́тельница (predskazátelʹnica) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: прови́дец (provídec) — one who foretells the future
• Russian: прови́дица (provídica) — one who foretells the future
• Scots: spaer — one who foretells the future
• Scots: spaeman — one who foretells the future
• Scots: spaewife — one who foretells the future
• Serbo-Croatian: видо̀вња̄к — one who foretells the future
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀рок — one who foretells the future
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀рочица — one who foretells the future
• Serbo-Croatian: vidòvnjāk — one who foretells the future
• Serbo-Croatian: pròrok — one who foretells the future
• Serbo-Croatian: pròročica — one who foretells the future
• Spanish: profeta — one who foretells the future
• Spanish: profetisa — one who foretells the future
• Swedish: profet — one who foretells the future
• Thai: ผู้ทํานาย (pûu-tam-naai) — one who foretells the future
• Thai: โหร (hǒon) — one who foretells the future
• Thai: หมอดู (mɔ̌ɔ-duu) — one who foretells the future
• Volapük: profetan — one who foretells the future
• Volapük: hiprofetan — one who foretells the future
• Volapük: jiprofetan — one who foretells the future