prophetic

prophetic

English

Alternative forms

• prophetical
• prophetick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/

Adjective

prophetic (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
2. predicted, as by a prophecy
   • Dryden

     And fears are oft prophetic of the event.

Translations

of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet

Catalan: profètic Esperanto: profeta (eo) French: prophétique (fr) German: prophetisch Greek: Ancient: χρηστήριος (khrēstḗrios) Hungarian: profetikus Irish: fáidhiúil, tairngeartach Italian: profetico (it) Latin: vāticinius Norwegian: Bokmål: profetisk Nynorsk: profetisk

Russian: проро́ческий (ru) (proróčeskij), ве́щий (ru) (véščij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пророча̀нскӣ Roman: proročànskī (sh) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: profetiski, zwěšćelowarski Spanish: profético (es) Swedish: profetisk

Derived terms

• propheticness