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10 Language-to-English DictionariesScheinprophet
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈʃaɪ̯n.pʁoˌfeːt
"Die Anhänger erkannten zu spät, dass er ein Scheinprophet war."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person who falsely claims or appears to have prophetic powers, or acts as a fraudulent spiritual leader.
"The charismatic speaker was dismissed by theologians as a mere quasi-prophet with no genuine insight."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The URL-encoded phonetic string corresponds to a hybrid coinage blending the Latin prefix quasi- meaning 'as if' or 'seemingly' with the Portuguese word 'profeto' (variant of profeta) derived from Latin propheta, ultimately stemming from Greek prophētēs. It represents a colloquial or linguistic morphological creation describing a pseudo-prophet.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Profet" is said worldwide
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faux prophète
Transliteration: fo pro.fɛt
"Il s'est révélé être un faux prophète."
Scheinprophet
Transliteration: ˈʃaɪ̯n.pʁoˌfeːt
"Die Anhänger erkannten zu spät, dass er ein Scheinprophet war."
falso profeta
Transliteration: ˈfal.so proˈfɛ.ta
"Molti furono ingannati dal falso profeta."
falso profeta
Transliteration: ˈfal.so pɾoˈfe.ta
"El líder resultó ser un falso profeta."
falso profeta
Transliteration: ˈfaw.su pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ
"Ele alertou o povo contra os falsos profetas."
झूठा नबी
Transliteration: jhootha nabi
"भीड़ ने उस झूठे नबी को पहचान लिया।"
假先知
Transliteration: jiǎ xiānzhī
"人们终于认清了那个假先知的真面目。"
거짓 선지자
Transliteration: geojit seonjija
"우리는 거짓 선지자를 경계해야 한다."
偽預言者
Transliteration: nise yogensha
"彼は偽預言者として告発された。"
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