different between portentous vs portent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portent?sus, from portentus (“predicted”); equivalent to portent +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??(?)?t?nt?s/

Adjective

portentous (comparative more portentous, superlative most portentous)

1. Of momentous or ominous significance.

   Synonyms: ominous, momentous
2. Ominously prophetic.

   Synonyms: foreshadowing, predictive, premonitory, prognosticatory

3. Puffed up with vanity.

Derived terms

• portentously

Related terms

• portent

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portend? (“I predict, I foretell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??t?nt/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?po(?)?t?nt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?po?t?nt/

Noun

portent (plural portents)

1. Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
2. A portending; significance

3. Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:omen

Related terms

• portend
• portentous

Translations

References

Anagrams

• torpent

French

Pronunciation

Verb

portent

1. third-person plural present indicative of porter
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of porter

Latin

Verb

portent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of port?