harbinger
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or somethingA person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
» The swallow is a harbinger of summer.
Ласточка - это предвестник лета.
Значение
значений: 2A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
harbinger of danger; harbinger of doom; harbinger of spring
Vorbote, Omen, Vorzeichen
провозве́стникprovozvéstnik, предве́стникpredvéstnik
(устаревшее)One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Примеры
предложений: 7The swallow is a harbinger of summer.
Ласточка - это предвестник лета.
The swallow is the harbinger of spring.
Ласточка — предвестница весны.
deDie Schwalbe ist die Vorbotin des Frühlings.
Tom is a harbinger of misfortune.
deTom ist ein Unglücksbote.
You are the harbinger of death.
Those ideas were the harbinger of democracy.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Originally, a person sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herberjour,Originally, a person sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herberjour, herbergeour, from Old French herbergeor (French hébergeur), from herbergier (“to set up camp; to shelter; to take shelter”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns), from Old High German heribergan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army camp, shelter”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbor. More at here, bury.
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Формы
мн. число: harbingers| Ед. число | harbinger |
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правильный
Синонимы
синонимов: 10- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone:forerunnerpredecessorheraldprecursor