prophetic

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #31569

Meanings

1

adj
Correctly predicting or seeming to predict what will happen in the future

Her warning about the company's collapse turned out to be prophetic.
2

adj
Relating to a prophet or prophecy

The ancient prophetic texts described the coming of a great leader.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · relating to a prophet or... prophetical

Word family

Derived forms antiprophetichistoricopropheticnonpropheticprepropheticpropheticallypropheticismpropheticnesspseudopropheticunprophetic

Etymology

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

*bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European prophétique Middle French prophēticus Latin προφητικός Ancient Greek

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prophetic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 31569

## Meanings
1. Correctly predicting or seeming to predict what will happen in the future
2. Relating to a prophet or prophecy

## Examples
- Her warning about the company's collapse turned out to be prophetic.
- The ancient prophetic texts described the coming of a great leader.

## Derived Forms
- antiprophetic
- historicoprophetic
- nonprophetic
- preprophetic
- prophetically
- propheticism
- propheticness
- pseudoprophetic
- unprophetic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰeh₂-
- Root: prophétique
- Root: prophēticus
- Root: προφητικός

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

## AI Etymology
Prophetic is borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic. In present-day use, it can mean correctly predicting or seeming to predict what will happen in the future, or relating to a prophet or prophecy. Derived formations include antiprophetic, historicoprophetic, nonprophetic, preprophetic, and prophetically.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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