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Borrowed from Latin portentum,[1] participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).

• IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɛnt/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹtɛnt/
• (rhotic, without the horse_–_hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɛnt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse_–_hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈpoətɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɛnt, -o(ː)ɹtɛnt, -oətɛnt

portent (plural portents)

1. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
   It was a portent of things to come.
2. A portending; significance
   a howl of dire portent
3. Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

• See also Thesaurus:omen

• portentive

• portend

• portentous

omen

• Aramaic:
  Classical Syriac: ܐܵܬ݂ܵܐ f (ʾāṯāʾ)
• Bulgarian: предзнаменование (bg) n (predznamenovanie), поличба (bg) f (poličba)
• Dutch: voorteken (nl) n, voorspook (nl) n
• Finnish: enne (fi), ennusmerkki (fi)
• French: présage (fr) m
• German: Omen (de) n, (böses) Vorzeichen n
• Hindi: अपशकुन (hi) m (apaśkun)
• Irish: mana (ga) m
• Macedonian: пре́дзнак m (prédznak)
• Māori: inati (usually of misfortune), tiramaka
• Plautdietsch: Bediedunk f
• Romanian: semn (ro) n, piază (ro) f
• Russian: знаме́ние (ru) n (znaménije)
• Turkish:
  Ottoman Turkish: فال (fal) (good or bad); اوغور (uğur) (a favorable one)

1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “portent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• “portent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• torpent

From Latin portentum.

portent m (plural portents)

1. miracle, marvel
   Synonym: meravella
2. (of people) prodigy
   Synonym: prodigi

• portentós
• “portent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

portent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of porter

portent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of portō