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.
» Tom is a harbinger of misfortune.
Tom ist ein Unglücksbote.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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
(obsolete)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
Examples
7 sentencesTom is a harbinger of misfortune.
deTom ist ein Unglücksbote.
You are the harbinger of death.
Those ideas were the harbinger of democracy.
The swallow is a harbinger of summer.
ruЛасточка - это предвестник лета.
The swallow is the harbinger of spring.
ruЛасточка — предвестница весны.
deDie Schwalbe ist die Vorbotin des Frühlings.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: harbingers| Singular | harbinger |
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone:forerunnerpredecessorheraldprecursor