different between omen vs emblem

English

Etymology

From Latin ?men (“foreboding, omen”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?m?n/
• Rhymes: -??m?n

Noun

omen (plural omens)

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.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky. The terms for a positive omen aren't used much negatively, and it's considered oxymoronic by some to use it positively.

Synonyms

• augury, auspice, forecast, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, hint, indication, oracle, portent, prediction, presage, prophecy, sign, signal, token, warning; danger sign, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall; see also Thesaurus:omen

Related terms

• ominous
• abomination

Translations

Verb

omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)

1. (transitive) To be an omen of.
2. (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.

Synonyms

• prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage

See also

• augury
• foreboding
• portend
• portent
• stars are aligned

Further reading

• omen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• omen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Emon, Mone, NEMO, Nome, meno-, meon, mone, nemo, nome

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin osmen, of uncertain ultimate origin. Ancient authors derived it from ?s (“mouth”). Recently it was by some referred to Proto-Indo-European *h?ew- (“to see, perceive”) (whence audi?) or to the source of Ancient Greek ?????? (oíomai, “I think, believe, suppose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o?.men/, [?o?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.men/, [???m?n]

Noun

?men n (genitive ?minis); third declension

1. an omen

   Synonym: ?r?culum

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• ?minor
• ?min?sus

Related terms

• praen?nti?

Descendants

• Dutch: omen
• English: omen
• German: Omen
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: omen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: omen

References

• omen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• omen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• omen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• omen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• omen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin omen

Noun

omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen or omener or omina, definite plural omena or omenene or ominaene)

1. an omen

References

• “omen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin omen.

Noun

omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen, definite plural omena)

1. an omen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

omen m

1. definite singular of om

References

• “omen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Portuguese

Noun

omen m

1. Alternative form of ome

English

Etymology

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”), from ????????? (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mbl?m/
• Hyphenation: em?blem

Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
2. Something which represents a larger whole.
3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Synonyms

• symbol
• token (to betoken)

Related terms

• emblematic
• emblematical

Translations

Verb

emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.

Further reading

• emblem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emblem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

emblem n (singular definite emblemet, plural indefinite emblemer)

1. emblem

Declension

References

• “emblem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem or emblemer, definite plural emblema or emblemene)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “emblem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem, definite plural emblema)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

emblem n

1. emblem

Declension