Omen Definition

ōmən
omens
noun
omens
A thing or happening believed to foretell a future event, either good or evil; augury.
Webster's New World
Prognostication; portent.
Birds of ill omen.
American Heritage

Prophetic significance.

A sign of ill omen.
Wiktionary
verb
To be a prophetic sign of; portend.
American Heritage
To be an omen of; augur.
Webster's New World

To divine or predict from omens.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Omen

Noun

Singular:
omen
Plural:
omens

Origin of Omen

  • From Latin omen (“foreboding, omen").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ōmen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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