foretoken

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment.

Verb

To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.

Sinonieme

omen

augury

presage

sign

premonition

auspice

foreboding

harbinger

indication

portent

preindication

prognostic

forebode

forerunner

herald

precursor

prefigurement

prognostication

bodement

Vertalings

augure

auguri

vorbedeuten

οιωνός

προμήνυμα

προμηνύω

annuncio

annunzio

accenno

voorspellen

agouro

augúrio

presságio

evvelden uyarmak

ihtar

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Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: foretokne

Geërf van Old English: foretācn

Verwante met Nederlands: voorteken

Verwante met Duits: Vorzeichen

Geërf van Middle English: *foretoknen

Geërf van Old English: foretācnian

In summary

From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foretācn, foretācen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- + token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.