signe de présage

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Definition of signe de présage in French English dictionary

{n} omen

prophetic significance

a sign of ill omen.

Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding

Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.

To divine or predict from omens

{n} a good or bad sign, token, prognostics

To be an omen of

indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

{f} predict; presage

An sudden occurence which is interpreted as being a sign of good or evil Often it will be small yet significant; a vase falling over or a cup of water spilling, for example

a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle

An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury

A sign or event which is interpreted as being a sign of good or evil in a future event Often it will be small yet significant; for example a vase falling over or a cup of water spilling, There are two basic kinds of omen: normal occurrences of nature (the hooting of owls, or howling of dogs, for example), which are interpreted in a specific context to augur good or bad fortune; and unusual occurrences, such as flights of sacred birds, or eclipses, or comets, that are believed to be direct manifestations of the gods

If you say that something is an omen, you think it indicates what is likely to happen in the future and whether it will be good or bad. Could this at last be a good omen for peace?. a sign of what will happen in the future. Observed phenomenon that is interpreted as signifying good or bad fortune. The many and varied omens that the ancients noted included lightning, cloud movements, the flights of birds, and the paths of sacred animals. Each type of omen was gauged according to specific meaningful characteristics, such as the kinds of bird in flight or the direction of flight in relation to the observer

To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise

{i} sign of that which is to come (good or evil); portent

Hyphenation

signe de pres·age