different between prefigure vs herald

English

Etymology

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i?f??j?/

Verb

prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)

1. To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context).
2. To predict or foresee.

Synonyms

• presage
• portend
• forereckon
• foreshadow
• announce

Derived terms

• prefigurement

Translations

Noun

prefigure (plural prefigures)

1. That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
   • 2005, Leerom Medovoi, Rebels: Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity (page 293)

     Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.

   • 2012, C. S. Shapley, Studies in French Poetry of the Fifteenth Century (page 5)

     In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.

Spanish

Verb

prefigure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of prefigurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of prefigurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of prefigurar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of prefigurar.

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)

1. A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

   The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.

2. A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

   Daffodils are heralds of Spring.

3. (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.

4. (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)

1. (transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.
2. (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)

1. Alternative form of hareld (“long-tailed duck”)

Anagrams

• -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, hardel, hareld, harled