Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.

  2. (not comparable)Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

    prophetisch

    проро́ческийproróčeskij, ве́щийvéščij

    проро́чийproróčyj

  3. (not comparable)Predicted, as by a prophecy.

More definitions
  • foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

Examples

13 sentences
  1. That's a book of incredible prophetic power.

    deDas ist ein Buch von unerhörter visionärer Kraft.

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  2. The song turned out to be prophetic.

    ruПесня оказалась пророческой.

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  3. His words turned out to be prophetic.

    ruЕго слова оказались пророческими.

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  4. Her words turned out to be prophetic.

    ruЕё слова оказались пророческими.

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  5. Tom has a prophetic level of paranoid intuition.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
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of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet:
Русский
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of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητ

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.

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