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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespressentiment
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pressentiment
"Un sentiment de pressentiment l'envahit."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.
"He had a deep sense of foreboding as he walked into the abandoned house."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from the verb forebode (from fore- 'before' + bode), on the pattern of old words meaning prediction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Foreboding" is said worldwide
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pressentiment
Transliteration: pressentiment
"Un sentiment de pressentiment l'envahit."
Ahnung
Transliteration: Ahnung
"Sie hatte eine dunkle Ahnung von dem, was kommen würde."
presentimento
Transliteration: presentimento
"Un cupo presentimento lo tormentava."
presentimiento
Transliteration: presentimiento
"Tenía un mal presentimiento sobre el viaje."
premonição
Transliteration: premonição
"Ele foi tomado por um sentimento de premonição sombria."
पूर्aभास
Transliteration: purvabhas
Script: पूर्वाभास
"उसके मन में किसी अनहोनी का पूर्वाभास हो रहा था।"
预感
Transliteration: yùgǎn
"他心里有一种不祥的预感。"
불길한 예감
Transliteration: bulgilhan yegam
"그는 불길한 예감에 사로잡혔다."
予感
Transliteration: yokan
"彼には悪い予感がしていた。"
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