Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prophetic

/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: prophet-ic
IPA: /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.

adj

Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

adj

Predicted, as by a prophecy.

Example Sentences

"[Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!"
"Despite his intention, his work had the effect of revealing the mythological, prophetic, and utopian sense of Marxism which had eluded Marx's more scientistic followers."
"And fears are oft prophetic of the event."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *bʰeh₂-, prophétique, prophēticus, προφητικός
Suffix: prophet

Inflected Forms

prophetical (alternative) prophetick (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

antiprophetic historicoprophetic nonprophetic preprophetic prophetically propheticism propheticness pseudoprophetic unprophetic

Phrases

prophetic week prophetic year

Synonyms

prophetical

Rhymes With

genetic magnetic athletic pathetic aesthetic synthetic sympathetic energetic cosmetic poetic electromagnetic diabetic

Questions

How do you pronounce prophetic?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/.
What does prophetic mean?: Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.
Where does prophetic come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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