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herald
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h???ld/
Etymology 1
From Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, from Anglo-Norman heraud, from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern French héraut), from Frankish *heriwald, from Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h?welh?- (“to be strong”). Compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.
Noun
herald (plural heralds)
- A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
- The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
- A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
- Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
- (heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.
- Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
- (entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.
Synonyms
- (messenger): messenger
- (harbinger): harbinger
- (official whose speciality is heraldry): pursuivant
Related terms
- heraldic
- heraldry
Translations
Verb
herald (third-person singular simple present heralds, present participle heralding, simple past and past participle heralded)
- (transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.
- (transitive, usually passive) To greet something with excitement; to hail.
Synonyms
- (announce): disclose, make known; See also Thesaurus:announce
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
herald (plural heralds)
- Alternative form of hareld (“long-tailed duck”)
Anagrams
- -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, hardel, hareld, harled
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precursor
English
Alternative forms
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?i??k??.s??/, /p???k??.s??/
Noun
precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Related terms
- cursor
Derived terms
- precursory
Translations
Adjective
precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
Antonyms
- postcursor
See also
- ISI
References
- precursor at OneLook Dictionary Search
- precursor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- procurers
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)
- precursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precursor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin praecursor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre?k?rs?r/
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
- precursor, forerunner
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
Related terms
- cursor
Adjective
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Further reading
- “precursor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French précurseur.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursori)
- precursor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor, forerunner
Related terms
- cursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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