prophete

prophētē

1. ablative/vocative singular of prophētēs

• profyt, profyte, profite, prophett, prophet, profiete

Inherited from Old English propheta, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs); reinforced by Anglo-Norman prophete.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔfɛːt(ə)/, /ˈprɔfɛt(ə)/, /ˈprɔfit(ə)/, /ˈprɔfət(ə)/

prophete (plural prophetes)

1. A prophet; one who expounds upon a divine message or a purported one (especially used of Christ and the Biblical prophets).
2. One of the portions of the Old Testament which covers the prophets.
3. (rare) A messenger; one who announces or proclaims something.
4. (rare) A foreteller; one who divines or previews.
5. (rare) A musical or poetic figure.

• prophetesse

• English: prophet
  • Tok Pisin: profet
• Scots: prophet

• “prophē̆t(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-26.

Latin propheta, from Ancient Greek.

prophete m (plural prophetes)

1. prophet (chiefly Biblical, with respect to Christianity)

• French: prophète

Latin propheta, from Ancient Greek.

prophete oblique singular, m (oblique plural prophetes, nominative singular prophetes, nominative plural prophete)

1. prophet (chiefly Biblical, with respect to Christianity)

• Middle French: prophete
  • French: prophète
    • → Romanian: profet
• → Middle Dutch: prophete
  • Dutch: profeet
    • Afrikaans: profeet
    • Negerhollands: profeet
    • → Papiamentu: profeet (dated)
    • → Sranan Tongo: profeiti