omen

Meaning

Noun

1. Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
2. A thing of prophetic significance.

Verb

1. To be an omen of.
2. To divine or predict from omens.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊmən/

Etymology

From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).