Augury

//ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi//

Synonyms for "augury" (62 found)

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Translations

45 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • تَوَسُّم الطَّيْر noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • гадание noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • предсказание noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • предчувствие noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

French

2 entries
  • augure noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • augure noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

German

4 entries
  • Omen noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • Prophezeiung noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • Vorzeichen noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • Vorzeichen noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Greek

2 entries
  • οιωνοσκοπία noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • οιωνός noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Italian

4 entries
  • augurio noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • augurio noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • predizione noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • presagio noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Latin

1 entries
  • auspicium noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • га́тање noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • пре́дзнак noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • претсказа́ние noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Old English

1 entries
  • hwatu noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اوغور noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • فال noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • كبزه noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Persian

2 entries
  • اغر noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • مروا noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • agouro noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • augúrio noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Romanian

4 entries
  • augur noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • augur noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • auspiciu noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • piază noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • frìth noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Spanish

3 entries
  • agüero noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • augurio noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • presagio noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Swedish

3 entries
  • förebud noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • järtecken noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • varsel noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)

Telugu

1 entries
  • శాకునము noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Turkish

4 entries
  • alâmet noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)
  • alâmet noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • işaret noun (an omen or prediction; a foreboding)
  • kehanet noun (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)

Sample sentences

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"But hence, and seek the palace of the queen. / Glad news I bear thee, of thy comrades brought, / the North-wind shifted and the skies serene; / thy ships have gained the harbour which they sought, / else vain my parents' lore the augury they taught."

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Augury is divination based on the behavior of birds.

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A lot of people still cling to a form of augury, seeing black cats as omens of bad luck.

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Cities, in adopting a name, bear it usually as a testimony of victories or as an augury of virtues.

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