premonition
Meaning
- A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
- A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
Synonyms
feel bad
vague apprehension
previous notice
symption
Translations
prémonition
premonición
Vorahnung
premonição
premonizione
voorgevoel
προαίσθημα
önseziFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/
Etymology
In summary
First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.
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