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/pʁɔ.fɛt/

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Translation

prophet

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Word origin

From Latin propheta, from Greek prophetes ('one who speaks for a god'), from pro- ('forth') and phanai ('to speak').

Origin
Greek
Root
prophetes
English cognates
prophet, prophecy

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralprophètes

Examples

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The prophets of the Old Testament foretold the future.

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No man is a prophet in his own country.

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This prophet founded a new religion.

économistes .

Economists are not good prophets.

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He plays the prophet of doom at every meeting.

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