English Explanatory Dictionary

prophet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
  2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
name
  1. Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.
  2. Jesus.
  3. Muhammad.
  4. A surname

Pronunciation

prŏf'it /ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/ prŏ'fit /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/ En-us-prophet.ogg

Word forms

prophet prophets

Etymology

From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.

Derived words

antiprophet a prophet has no honor in his own country a prophet is not without honor save in his own country cole-prophet major prophet minor prophet piss-prophet prophecy prophesise prophesize prophesy propheteering prophetess prophethood prophetic propheticide prophetism prophetization prophetless prophetlike prophetocracy prophet of doom prophetship pseudoprophet weather-prophet

Translations

French: Prophète
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