omen

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈəʊmən/
• (America) IPA: /ˈoʊmən/

Noun

omen (plural omens)

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.

   the ghost's appearance was an ill omen

   a rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery

   the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen

2. A thing of prophetic significance.

   a sign of ill omen

Synonyms

• portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall, indication, hint, foretoken; see also Thesaurus:omen

Related terms

• ominous

Translations

• French: présage
• German: Omen
• Italian: presagio, segno, auspicio, augurio, premonizione, presentimento
• Portuguese: augúrio, agouro, presságio, vaticínio
• Russian: зна́мение
• Spanish: presagio

Translations

• French: présage
• German: Omen
• Italian: presagio, augurio, prenunzio, indizio, premonizione, profezia
• Portuguese: presságio

Verb

omen (omens, present participle omening; past and past participle omened)

1. (transitive) To be an omen of.
2. (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.

Synonyms

• prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage

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