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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOminieux
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-mee-nyuh
"Les nuages sombres dans le ciel semblaient ominieux avant la tempête."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.
"The dark clouds in the sky looked ominously threatening before the storm." - 2
Having a menacing or foreboding quality.
"His ominous silence made everyone in the room uneasy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'ominous' originates from the Latin 'ominōsus', meaning 'portending evil or harm', derived from 'omen', which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁oḱmós, meaning 'to take or receive'. Over time, it evolved to describe something that foreshadows misfortune or danger.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ominous" is said worldwide
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Ominieux
Transliteration: o-mee-nyuh
"Les nuages sombres dans le ciel semblaient ominieux avant la tempête."
Unheilvoll
Transliteration: un-hail-fol
"Die dunklen Wolken am Himmel sahen unheilvoll aus, bevor der Sturm kam."
Ominoso
Transliteration: o-mee-no-so
"Le nuvole scure nel cielo sembravano ominose prima della tempesta."
Ominoso
Transliteration: o-mee-no-so
"Las nubes oscuras en el cielo parecían ominosas antes de la tormenta."
Ominoso
Transliteration: o-mee-no-so
"As nuvens escuras no céu pareciam ominosas antes da tempestade."
अशुभ
Transliteration: ashubh
"आसमान में काले बादल अशुभ लग रहे थे।"
不祥
Transliteration: bù xiáng
"天空中的黑云看起来不祥。"
불길한
Transliteration: bul-gil-han
"하늘의 어두운 구름이 불길하게 보였다."
不吉な
Transliteration: fukitsuna
"空の暗い雲は不吉に見えた。"
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