The crowing of a cock is the harbinger of dawn.
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Harbinger
//ˈhɑːbɪndʒə//
Synonyms for "harbinger" (84 found)
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Related words (42)
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76 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- voorbode noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предвестник noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- предвещавам verb (to announce)
Catalan
3 entries- anunciador noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- herald noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- anunciar verb (to announce)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 預兆 /预兆 noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Czech
4 entries- předzvěstník noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- zvěstovatel noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- věstit verb (to announce)
- zvěstovat verb (to announce)
Danish
2 entries- forvarsel noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- varsel noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Dutch
2 entries- voorbode noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- aankondigen verb (to announce)
Esperanto
1 entries- omeno noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Finnish
2 entries- airut noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- sanansaattaja noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
French
3 entries- présage noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- annoncer verb (to announce)
- présager verb (to announce)
German
4 entries- Omen noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- Vorbote noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- Vorzeichen noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- ankündigen verb (to announce)
Greek
3 entries- προάγγελος noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- πρόδρομος noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- προαναγγέλλω verb (to announce)
Hungarian
3 entries- előfutár noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- előhírnök noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- előjel noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Icelandic
3 entries- boðberi noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- fyrirboði noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- undanfari noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Irish
1 entries- réamhtheachtaire noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Italian
4 entries- araldo noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- foriero noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- messaggero noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- precursore noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Japanese
1 entries- 前触れ noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Korean
2 entries- 선구자 noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- 전조 noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Latin
1 entries- praenuntius noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Norwegian
2 entries- forsmak noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- innvarsle verb (to announce)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مژدهلمك verb (to announce)
Polish
1 entries- zwiastun noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Portuguese
2 entries- arauto noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- presságio noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Russian
3 entries- предве́стник noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- провозве́стник noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- предвеща́ть verb (to announce)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nagovest noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- nagoveštaj noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- najava noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- navesnik noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Spanish
4 entries- anunciador noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- anunciante noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- heraldo noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- presagio noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Swedish
4 entries- förebud noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- förlöpare noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- förebåda verb (to announce)
- varsla verb (to announce)
Welsh
2 entries- cennad noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
- rhagredegydd noun (that which foretells the coming of something)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Those ideas were the harbinger of democracy.
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Tom is a harbinger of misfortune.
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The swallow is a harbinger of summer.
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