omen

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊmən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈoʊmən/

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• Hyphenation: o‧men

Noun

Singular omen

Plural omens

1. (countable) An omen is a warning or a sign about a good or bad event that will happen in the future; it is an augury or foreboding.

   A bad omen <> mūgùwar ìshārā̀.

   Your bad omen lies within yourselves. <> Shu'umcinku, yanã tãre da ku. --Quran/36/19

2. (countable) An omen is something of prophetic importance.

Related words

• ominous

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) omen

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) omens

Past tense (ya wuce) omened

Past participle (ya wuce) omened

Present participle (ana cikin yi) omening

1. (transitive) If you omen something, you predict its happening with an omen.

See also

• augury
• foreboding