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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :   [ devils ]

  OMEN, n.  A sign that something will happen if nothing happens.
  
  

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Omen \O"men\, n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen,
     according to Varro.]
     An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,
     some future event; any indication or action regarded as a
     foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Bid go with evil omen, and the brand
           Of infamy upon my name.                  --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Omen \O"men\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omened; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Omening.]
     To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens
     or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen
     ill of an enterprise.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened
           the tragical contents.                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Omen \O"men\, n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen,
     according to Varro.]
     An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,
     some future event; any indication or action regarded as a
     foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
  
           Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my
           name.                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Omen \O"men\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omened; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Omening.]
     To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens
     or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen
     ill of an enterprise.
  
           The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened
           the tragical contents.                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  omen
       n : a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
           before going into battle" [syn: portent, presage, prognostic,
            prognostication, prodigy]
       v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
            portend, auspicate, prognosticate, presage, betoken,
            foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
            predict]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     Latin n.
     An object or occurrence believed to portend or predict a future
  event, circumstance, situation, or state of affairs: an #Noun, a sign, a
  harbinger, a portent, a token
     n.
     1 Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good
  or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a
  foreboding; a portent or augury.
     2 A thing of prophetic significance.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To be an omen of.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     an (l en omen)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (infl of nn om  def s)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Omen
     German n.
     n omen

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     n.
     1 Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good
  or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a
  foreboding; a portent or augury.
     2 A thing of prophetic significance.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To be an omen of.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     Latin n.
     An object or occurrence believed to portend or predict a future
  event, circumstance, situation, or state of affairs: an #Noun, a sign, a
  harbinger, a portent, a token
     n.
     1 Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good
  or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a
  foreboding; a portent or augury.
     2 A thing of prophetic significance.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To be an omen of.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     an (l en omen)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (infl of nn om  def s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Omen
     German n.
     n omen

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     Latin n.
     An object or occurrence believed to portend or predict a future
  event, circumstance, situation, or state of affairs: an #Noun, a sign, a
  harbinger, a portent, a token
     n.
     1 Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good
  or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a
  foreboding; a portent or augury.
     2 A thing of prophetic significance.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To be an omen of.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     an (l en omen)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (infl of nn om  def s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Omen
     German n.
     n omen

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     Latina n.
     enne

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  -omen
     Fornsvenska article
     ändelse för neutrala, feminina och starka maskulina substantiv i
  bestämd dativ plural

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     Engelska n.
     #Svenska, järtecken
     Engelska vb.
     förebåda
     Latin n.
     #Svenska, järtecken
     Polska n.
     #Svenska, järtecken

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Omen
     Tyska n.
     omen, varsel, förtecken, järtecken, auspicier

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  omen
     n.
     förebud eller tecken på något

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  omen , augury , portent , foretoken , preindication , auspice  [obs.]
           Note: of sth.
        "ein gutes/schlechtes Omen (für jdn./etw.) sein"  - be a good/bad omen (for sb./sth.)
        "ein Omen sein für"  - be a portent of, forebode
     Synonyms: Vorzeichen, Vorbote
  
   see: eine günstige/ungünstige Vorbedeutung haben
  

From Deutsch-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fin ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  enne
  ein Vorzeichen, Anzeichen, eine Vorahnung im Sinnbild

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  augure, présage
  ein Vorzeichen, Anzeichen, eine Vorahnung im Sinnbild

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-pol ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  omen, znak
  ein Vorzeichen, Anzeichen, eine Vorahnung im Sinnbild

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-rus ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  предзнаменование
  ein Vorzeichen, Anzeichen, eine Vorahnung im Sinnbild

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  presagio, augurio
  ein Vorzeichen, Anzeichen, eine Vorahnung im Sinnbild

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Omen /ˈoːmən/ 
  förtecken, omen, varsel
  ein Vorzeichen, Anzeichen, eine Vorahnung im Sinnbild

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  الطالع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  omen //ˈoʊmən// //ˈəʊmən// 
  1. предсказание
  prophetic significance
  2. знамение, поличба
  something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  osudové znamení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  předzvěst

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  Omen , Vorzeichen , Vorbote ([+ gen]) 
        "be a good/bad omen (for sb./sth.)"  - ein gutes/schlechtes Omen (für jdn./etw.) sein, eine günstige/ungünstige Vorbedeutung haben
     Synonyms: augury, portent, foretoken, preindication, auspice
  
   see: forebode
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  omen //ˈoʊmən// //ˈəʊmən// 
  enne 2.
  prophetic significance
   3.
  something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  omen /oumen/
  augure

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/ 
  1. शगुन चिह्न
        "He looked for an omen before going into battle"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  pretkazanje, slutnja, znak, znamenje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  1. elôjel
  2. ómen

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  augurio

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  omen /oumen/
  1. ales, avis, omen

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  omen /oumen/
  1. teken, voorbode, voorteken
  2. omen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  omen /ˈəʊmən/ 
    omen

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  omen /oumen/
  adivinhação, agouro, augúrio, presságio, profecia

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  omen /oumen/
  1. agüero

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  omen //ˈoʊmən// //ˈəʊmən// 
  järtecken
  something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  omen /ˈəʊmɛn/
  1. kehanet
  2. kehanette bulunmak, geleceği söylemek.

From Lateinisch-Deutsch FreeDict-Wörterbuch ver. 1.0.3 :   [ freedict:lat-deu ]

  omen (ominis ) 
  Vorzeichen

From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:lat-eng ]

  omen /ˈɔmɛn/
  1. indication, omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  omen /omɛn/
  Vorbedeutung , Wahrsagung

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  omen /omɛn/
  indication, omen, presage, portent, sign

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  omen /omɛn/
  augure

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  omen
  omen

From język polski-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-bul ]

  omen /ˈɔ̃mɛ̃n/ 
  знамение, поличба, предзнаменование
  zdarzenie lub zjawisko interpretowane jako zapowiedź przyszłych zdarzeń, dobrych lub złych;

From język polski-English FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:pol-eng ]

  omen /ˈɔ̃mɛ̃n/ 
  omen
  zdarzenie lub zjawisko interpretowane jako zapowiedź przyszłych zdarzeń, dobrych lub złych;

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  omen /ˈuːmən/ 
  Omen
  järtecken

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  omen /ˈuːmən/ 
  présage
  järtecken

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  omen /ˈuːmən/ 
  omen
  järtecken

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  omen /ˈuːmən/ 
  omen
  järtecken

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ˈʔoːmen/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈoʊmən/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/'uːmɛn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "omen":
     actuarial prediction, adumbrate, adumbration, apocalypse, augur,
     augury, auspicate, auspice, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode,
     boding, danger sign, early symptom, falling barometer, forebode,
     foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshadow, foreshadowing,
     foreshow, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, foretoken,
     foretokening, forewarning, gathering clouds, guesswork, harbinger,
     have a hunch, have an intimation, high sign, improbability,
     indicant, indication, portend, portent, precursor, predict,
     prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring,
     preindication, preliminary sign, premonition, premonitory shiver,
     premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presaging,
     presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability, prodroma,
     prodrome, prognosis, prognostic, prognostication, promise,
     prophecy, prophesying, prospectus, quarantine flag, red flag,
     red light, shadow, shadow forth, sign, skull and crossbones,
     soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, storm petrel,
     stormy petrel, symptom, thundercloud, thunderhead, token, tokening,
     type, vaticination, warning sign, warning signal, yellow flag,
     yellow jack
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 预兆,前兆,徵兆;
  v. 成为前兆,有...的前兆,显出...的预兆;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 预兆,前兆,征兆
     vt. 预示,有…的前兆,显出…的预兆

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