harbinger
To announce or precedeTo announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
» Tom is a harbinger of misfortune.
Tom ist ein Unglücksbote. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
1 sensesTo announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
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предвеща́тьpredveščátʹ
- foreshadow or presage
Examples
7 sentencesTom is a harbinger of misfortune.
deTom ist ein Unglücksbote. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
You are the harbinger of death.
Those ideas were the harbinger of democracy.
The swallow is a harbinger of summer.
ruЛасточка - это предвестник лета. — Ivanovb
The swallow is the harbinger of spring.
ruЛасточка — предвестница весны. — Wezel
deDie Schwalbe ist die Vorbotin des Frühlings. — Jens_Odo
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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
harbingers, harbingering, harbingered, harbingered| Base form | harbinger · to harbinger |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | harbingers |
| Present participle | harbingering |
| Past simple | harbingered |
| Past participle | harbingered |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonyms- foreshadow or presage:announceannunciateforetellherald
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.