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prophetic

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Predicted, as by a prophecy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • prophetic writings
  • prophetic powers
  • words that proved prophetic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prophetical

Antonyms: unprophetic

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: proféticu — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Belarusian: праро́чы (praróčy) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Bulgarian: пророчески (proročeski) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Catalan: profètic — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Czech: prorocký — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Dutch: profetisch — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Esperanto: profeta — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Finnish: enne- — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Finnish: profetinen — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Finnish: profeetallinen — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • French: prophétique — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Galician: profético — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • German: prophetisch — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Ancient Greek: προφητικός (prophētikós) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Ancient Greek: χρηστήριος (khrēstḗrios) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Hungarian: profetikus — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Indonesian: profetis — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Indonesian: profetik — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Irish: fáidhiúil — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Irish: tairngeartach — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Italian: profetico — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Kazakh: пайғамбарлық (paiğambarlyq) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Latin: fāticanus — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Latin: fātidicus — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Latin: vāticinius — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: profetisk — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: profetisk — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Plautdietsch: profeetisch — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Polish: proroczy — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Russian: проро́ческий (proróčeskij) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Russian: ве́щий (véščij) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Serbo-Croatian: пророча̀нскӣ — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Serbo-Croatian: proročànskī — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Lower Sorbian: profetiski — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Lower Sorbian: zwěšćelowarski — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Spanish: profético — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Swedish: profetisk — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Ukrainian: проро́чий (proróčyj) — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
  • Welsh: proffwydol — of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
Real reading context

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