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Added 9 October 2026

omen

/ˈəʊ̯mən/ noun

In Latin: omen, praenuntia Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about omen at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A sign of something about to happen.
he looked for an omen before going into battle

verb

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
These signs bode bad news

Origin

From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

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