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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPremonition
/ˌprɛm.əˈnɪʃ.ən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
"She had a premonition that the storm would cause significant damage." - 2
An intuitive anticipation of a future event.
"His premonition of failure haunted him throughout the project."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'premonition' originates from the Latin 'praemonitio', which means 'forewarning'. It combines 'prae-' meaning 'before' and 'monere' meaning 'to warn'. The term evolved through Middle French before entering English in the late 14th century, retaining its meaning of an intuitive sense of a future event.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Premonition" is said worldwide
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prémonition
Transliteration: prémonition
"Elle avait une prémonition que quelque chose de mauvais allait se produire."
Vorahnung
Transliteration: Vorahnung
"Er hatte eine Vorahnung, dass etwas Schlimmes passieren würde."
premonizione
Transliteration: premonizione
"Aveva una premonizione che qualcosa di brutto stesse per accadere."
premonición
Transliteration: premonición
"Tenía una premonición de que algo malo iba a suceder."
premonição
Transliteration: premonição
"Ela teve uma premonição de que algo ruim aconteceria."
पूर्वाभास
Transliteration: pūrvābhāsa
"उसे एक पूर्वाभास था कि कुछ बुरा होने वाला है।"
预感
Transliteration: yùgǎn
"她有一种预感，觉得会发生不好的事情。"
예감
Transliteration: yeogam
"그녀는 나쁜 일이 일어날 것 같은 예감이 들었다."
予感
Transliteration: yokan
"彼女は何か悪いことが起こる予感がした。"
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