premonitory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtəɹi/, /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

premonitory (not comparable)

1. Serving as a warning or premonition.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     […] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.

Derived terms

• premonitory urge

 

Translations

serving as warning

• Bulgarian: предупредителен (bg) (predupreditelen)
• Dutch: waarschuwend (nl)
• Finnish: varoittava (fi)
• French: prémonitoire (fr)
• Spanish: premonitorio

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:premonitory.