promise

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow.
2. (countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
3. (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
4. (countable) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
5. (countable, obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised

Verb

1. (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
2. (ambitransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

Concepts

promesse

promettre

assurer

serment

prévoir

parole

prédire

pronostiquer

vouer

engagement

présager

espérance

augurer

garantir

vœu

présage

réfléchir

sacrifice

se figurer

se représenter

voeux

parole donnée

plein de promesses

point fort

s’engager à

vaticiner

accord

qui promet beaucoup

concevoir

confier

contempler

envisager

espoir

fiancée

imaginer

jurer

le

mot d’honneur

pacte

penser

🤔

point culminant

prédiction

Synonymes

pledge

vow

agreement

oath

commitment

assurance

contract

guarantee

assure

give one’s word

accept

🉑

covenant

engagement

warrant

friendship

agree

word

swear

appointment

affirmation

swearer

undertake

predict

plight

assent

foretell

forebode

anticipate

pact

prognosticate

make a promise

call

prospect

hope

obligation

engage

bond

ensure

prognostication

augur

resolution

prediction

order

outlook

resolve

arrangement

message

compact

foreshow

command

Traductions

prometer

promettere

promessa

versprechen

Versprechen

promesa

beloven

promessa

prometer

belofte

zusagen

🉑

υπόσχεση

toezeggen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒmɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: promis

Appartenant à ancien anglais: ġehātan

In summary

From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“I send forth, I say beforehand, I promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).