Prophecy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈɑːfəsi/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈɒfəsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈɒfəsi/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˈɑːfəsi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

vaticination divination prognostication

Word Forms

prophetical	adjective	foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
prophetic	adjective	foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
prognosticate	verb	make a prediction about; tell in advance
vaticinate	verb	foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy
divine	verb	perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Prophezeiung

Wissen über die Zukunft (man sagt normalerweise, es stamme aus einer göttlichen Quelle)

🇫🇷French

prophétie

connaissance du futur (on dit généralement qu'elle est obtenue d'une source divine)

🇪🇸Spanish

profecía

conocimiento del futuro (generalmente se dice que se obtiene de una fuente divina)

🇮🇹Italian

profezia

conoscenza del futuro (di solito si dice che sia ottenuta da una fonte divina)

🇳🇱Dutch

profetie

kennis van de toekomst (meestal wordt gezegd dat deze is verkregen uit een goddelijke bron)

🇵🇹Portuguese

profecia

conhecimento do futuro (normalmente considerado obtido de uma fonte divina)

🇷🇺Russian

пророчество

знание будущего (обычно считается полученным из божественного источника)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भविष्यवाणी

भविष्य का ज्ञान (आमतौर पर इसे दैवीय स्रोत से प्राप्त कहा जाता है)

🇧🇩Bengali

ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী

ভবিষ্যতের জ্ঞান (সাধারণত একটি ঐশ্বরিক উত্স থেকে প্রাপ্ত করা হয়)

🇮🇳Tamil

தீர்க்கதரிசனம்

எதிர்காலத்தைப் பற்றிய அறிவு (பொதுவாக தெய்வீக மூலத்திலிருந்து பெறப்பட்டதாகக் கூறப்படுகிறது)

🇮🇳Telugu

జోస్యం

భవిష్యత్తు గురించిన జ్ఞానం (సాధారణంగా దైవిక మూలం నుండి పొందినట్లు చెబుతారు)

🇮🇳Marathi

भविष्यवाणी

भविष्याचे ज्ञान (सामान्यतः दैवी स्त्रोताकडून प्राप्त केले जाते असे म्हणतात)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભવિષ્યવાણી

ભવિષ્યનું જ્ઞાન (સામાન્ય રીતે દૈવી સ્ત્રોતમાંથી મેળવેલું કહેવાય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭವಿಷ್ಯವಾಣಿ

ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಜ್ಞಾನ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ದೈವಿಕ ಮೂಲದಿಂದ ಪಡೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രവചനം

ഭാവിയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള അറിവ് (സാധാരണയായി ഒരു ദൈവിക ഉറവിടത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ലഭിച്ചതാണെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്നു)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ

ਭਵਿੱਖ ਦਾ ਗਿਆਨ (ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਰੋਤ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

پیشن گوئی

مستقبل کا علم (عام طور پر کہا جاتا ہے کہ کسی الہی ذریعہ سے حاصل کیا جاتا ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

预言

未来的知识（通常说是从神圣的来源获得的）

🇯🇵Japanese

預言

未来の知識（通常は神聖な源から得られると言われています）

🇰🇷Korean

예언

미래에 대한 지식(보통 신성한 근원으로부터 얻는다고 함)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lời tiên tri

kiến thức về tương lai (thường được cho là có được từ nguồn thần thánh)

🇹🇭Thai

คำทำนาย

ความรู้เรื่องอนาคต (มักกล่าวว่าได้มาจากแหล่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์)

🇮🇩Indonesian

nubuat

pengetahuan tentang masa depan (biasanya dikatakan diperoleh dari sumber ilahi)

🇵🇭Filipino

propesiya

kaalaman sa hinaharap (karaniwan ay sinasabing nakuha mula sa isang banal na mapagkukunan)

🇲🇾Malay

nubuatan

pengetahuan tentang masa depan (biasanya dikatakan diperoleh daripada sumber ilahi)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نبوءة

معرفة المستقبل (عادة ما يقال أنه تم الحصول عليها من مصدر إلهي)

🇮🇷Persian

نبوت

دانش آینده (معمولاً گفته می شود که از منبع الهی به دست می آید)

🇹🇷Turkish

kehanet

geleceğe dair bilgi (genellikle ilahi bir kaynaktan elde edildiği söylenir)

🇮🇱Hebrew

נְבוּאָה

ידע על העתיד (בדרך כלל אומרים שהוא מתקבל ממקור אלוהי)

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