omen
Syllables: o·menUK/ˈəʊ̯mən//ˈoʊ̯mən/
omen noun: something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
Noun
omen (plural omens)
- Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
- A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
- A sign of ill omen.
Verb
omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
omen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
omen in Hindi
- omen, augury
- शगुन śagun
omen in Tamil
- சகுனம், நிமித்தம்
omen in Marathi
- something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding
- शकुन śakun
omen in Urdu
- omen, augury
- شگن śagun
More languagesFewer languages
- omen in Bengali
- লক্ষণ lokkhon
- omen in Telugu
- శకునము śakunamu
- omen in Malayalam
- നിമിത്തം nimittaṁ, ശകുനം śakunaṁ
- omen in Kannada
- ಶಕುನ, ನಿಮಿತ್ತ, ಶುಭಶಕುನ ಯಾ ಅಪಶಕುನ, ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ
- omen in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਗਨ śagan
- omen in Sanskrit
- शकुन śakuna, निमित्त nimitta
- omen in Nepali
- शकुन, ओमेन
- omen in Tagalog
- pangitain
- omen in Arabic
- فَأل, نَذِيْر naḏiyr, طالِع ṭāliʕ
- omen in Persian
- مروا morvâ, فال fâl, مرغوا morġvâ
- omen in Vietnamese
- điềm
Examples of omen in a sentence
- The reddened western sky was taken as an omen of changing weather.
- The soft blue sky had the feel of a good omen.
- To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking.
Synonyms of omen
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Forms of omen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | omens |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | omens |
| present participle | omening |
| past participle | omened |
| past | omened |
Origin of omen
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
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Questions about omen
- What does omen mean?
- Omen means something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- What is omen in Hindi?
- Omen in Hindi is शगुन (śagun). See Omen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is omen?
- Omen can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce omen?
- Omen is pronounced /ˈəʊ̯mən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of omen?
- The plural of omen is omens.
Words near omen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: omen (page history and authors); शगुन (Hindi) (page history and authors); omen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شگن (Urdu) (page history and authors); লক্ষণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); శకునము (Telugu) (page history and authors); നിമിത്തം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); omen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਗਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); निमित्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); omen (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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