prophet

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
  2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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, “I tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.

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