προαίσθημα

Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly from προ- (pro-) +‎ αίσθημα (aísthima), a calque of French pressentiment.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈe.sθi.ma/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧αί‧σθη‧μα

Noun

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προαίσθημα (proaísthiman (plural προαισθήματα)

  1. premonition, foreboding, hunch, presentiment (a strong intuition that something is about to happen)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ προαίσθημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language