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.
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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
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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