prophetic C1 Topic:Time 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 AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown