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presage

/ˈprɛs.ɪdʒ/

Translations

presagenoun

presages

/ˈprɛs.ɪdʒ/

pressentimentS’emploie pour l’idée d’une intuition ou d’un sentiment qu’un événement va se produire.

She had a presage that the meeting would not go well.

Elle avait le pressentiment que la réunion se passerait mal.

présage

The dark clouds on the horizon were a presage of the coming storm.

Les nuages sombres à l’horizon étaient un présage de la tempête à venir.

Additional translations

augurePlus littéraire ou soutenu.

Synonyms

presageverb

presaged

Past Simple

presaged

Past Participle

presaging

Gerund

/ˈprɛsɪdʒ/

présager

The dark clouds presage a storm.

Les nuages sombres présagent une tempête.

Additional translations

annoncerSens plus général de « laisser prévoir » ; souvent naturel dans le registre courant.

pressentirS’emploie pour l’idée d’un pressentiment ou d’une anticipation intuitive.

Synonyms

Definitions

presagenoun

A sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent.

The dark clouds on the horizon were a presage of the coming storm.

A feeling or intuition that something is going to happen.

She had a presage that the meeting would not go well.

A prediction or prophecy; the act of foretelling something before it happens.

His presages of economic collapse went unheeded by policymakers.

presageverb

To give an omen or warning of; to foreshadow or predict.

The dark clouds presage a storm.

To have a presentiment of; to anticipate or predict.

She presaged that the meeting would not go well.