prophet

See also: Prophet

English

Etymology

From Old English propheta, from Latin prophēta (later reinforced in English by Anglo-Norman prophete), from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “I tell”).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: prŏf'it, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒ.fɪt/
(US) enPR: prŏf'it, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑfɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone: profit

Noun

prophet (plural prophets, feminine prophetess)

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Derived terms

prophecy (noun)

prophesise, prophesize (proscribed)

prophesy (verb)

prophetess (noun)

Translations

one who speaks by divine inspiration

Afrikaans: profeet
Albanian: profet (sq) m
Arabic: نَبِيّ‎‎ (ar) m (nabiyy), رَسُول‎‎ (ar) m (rasūl)
Armenian: մարգարե (hy) (margare)
Asturian: profeta m, f
Azerbaijani: peyğəmbər (az), nəbi, rəsul
Bashkir: пәйғәмбәр (päyğämbär)
Belarusian: праро́к m (prarók), праро́чыца f (praróčyca)
Bengali: নবী (nôbi)
Bulgarian: проро́к (bg) m (prorók), проро́чица f (proróčica)
Catalan: profeta m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先知 (zh) (xiānzhī), 預言家 (zh), 预言家 (zh) (yùyánjiā)
Chuvash: пӳлӗхçӗ (pülĕhçĕ)
Czech: prorok m, prorokyně f
Danish: profet c
Dutch: profeet (nl) m, profete (nl) f, ziener (nl) m, zieneres (nl) f
Esperanto: profeto (eo), profetino (female)
Estonian: prohvet
Ewe: nyagblɔɖila
Faroese: profetur m, spámaður m
Finnish: profeetta (fi)
French: prophète (fr) m, prophétesse (fr) f
Galician: profeta m, profetisa f
Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli)
German: Prophet (de) m, Prophetin (de) f
Greek: προφήτης (el) m (profítis)
Hausa: annabi
Hebrew: נביא‎‎ (he) m (navi), איש האלוהים‎‎ m (ish ha'elohim)
Hindi: नबी (hi) m (nabī)
Hungarian: próféta (hu)
Icelandic: spámaður m
Indonesian: nabi (id)
Irish: fáidh m
Italian: profeta (it) m, vate (it) m
Japanese: 預言者 (よげんしゃ, yogensha)
Kazakh: пайғамбар (payğambar)
Korean: 선지자 (ko) (seonjija), 예언자 (ko) (yeeonja)
Kumyk: пайхаммар (payxammar)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: resûl (ku), nebî (ku), pêxember (ku)

Sorani: پێغەمەر‎‎ (pêğemer)
Kyrgyz: пайгамбар (paygambar)
Latin: prophēta m, vates m, fatidicus m, fatidica f, vaticinator m

Latvian: pravietis m
Lezgi: пайгъамбар (pajġambar)
Lithuanian: pranašas m
Luxembourgish: Prophéit m, Prophéitin f
Macedonian: про́рок m (prórok), проро́чица f (proróčica)
Malay: nabi
Maltese: profeta m
Mongolian: бошиглогч (bošiglogč)
Mwani: ntume
Ngazidja Comorian: mtrume class 3/4
Norwegian: profet (no) m
Old Norse: spámaðr m
Pashto: نبي‎‎ (ps) (nabi), رسول‎‎ (ps) m (rasúl)
Persian: پیامبر‎‎ (fa) (payâmbar), نبی‎‎ (fa) (nabi), رسول‎‎ (fa) (rasul), وخشور‎‎ (fa) (vaxšur)
Polish: prorok (pl) m, prorokini (pl) f
Portuguese: profeta (pt) m, profetisa (pt) f
Romanian: proroc (ro) m, profet (ro) m
Romansch: profet m
Russian: проро́к (ru) m (prorók), проро́чица (ru) f (proróčica)
Samoan: perofeta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пророк m, пророчица f

Roman: pròrok (sh) m, pròročica (sh) f
Slovak: prorok m, prorokyňa f
Slovene: prerok (sl) m, prerokinja f
Spanish: profeta (es) m, profetisa (es) f
Swahili: nabii (sw), mtume (sw)
Swedish: profet (sv) c
Tagalog: propeta, manghahawo
Tajik: расул (rasul), пайғамбар (payġambar)
Tatar: пәйгамбәр (tt) (päygambär)
Tausug: nabī
Thai: ผู้เผยพระวจนะ (pôopŏiepráwájàná)
Turkish: peygamber (tr), nebi (tr), resul (tr), serdar-ı ekrem, Allah'ın elçisi, yalvaç (tr)
Turkmen: pygamber
Ukrainian: проро́к m (prorók), проро́чиця f (proróčycja)
Urdu: نبی‎‎ m (nabī)
Uyghur: پەيغەمبەر‎‎ (peyghember), نەبى‎‎ (nebi), روسۇل‎‎ (rosul)
Uzbek: paygʻambar (uz), nabi (uz), rasul (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà tiên tri (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) profetan (vo), (♂) hiprofetan, (♀) jiprofetan
Welsh: proffwyd (cy) m
Yiddish: נבֿיא‎‎ m (novi), נבֿיאה‎‎ f (nevie)

one who foretells the future

Arabic: مَن يَتَنَبَّأُ‎‎ (man yatanabbaʾu)
Catalan: profeta m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先知 (zh) (xiānzhī), 預言家 (zh), 预言家 (zh) (yùyánjiā)
Czech: věštec m, prorok m, věštkyně (cs) f, prorokyně f
Danish: profet c, spåmand c (male), spåkvinde c (female)
Dutch: profeet (nl) m, waarzegger (nl) m, waarzegster (nl) f
Esperanto: profeto (eo), profetino (female)
Finnish: profeetta (fi), ennustaja (fi)
French: prophète (fr) m, prophétesse (fr) f, devin (fr) m
German: Prophet (de) m, Prophetin (de) f
Greek: προφήτης (el) m (profítis)
Hebrew: נביא‎‎ (he) m (navi), מגד עתידות‎‎ m (maged atidot)
Hungarian: próféta (hu), látnok (hu)

Icelandic: spámaður m
Irish: fáidh m, fáistineach m
Italian: vate (it) m, oracolo (it) m
Japanese: 予言者 (よげんしゃ, yogensha)
Macedonian: про́рок m (prórok), претска́жувач m (pretskážuvač)
Norwegian: profet (no) m, spåmann m
Portuguese: profeta (pt) m, vidente (pt) m, f
Russian: проро́к (ru) m (prorók), проро́чица (ru) f (proróčica), прорица́тель (ru) m (proricátelʹ), прорица́тельница (ru) f (proricátelʹnica), предсказа́тель (ru) m (predskazátelʹ), предсказа́тельница (ru) f (predskazátelʹnica), прови́дец (ru) m (provídec), прови́дица (ru) f (provídica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: видо̀вња̄к m, про̀рок m, про̀рочица f

Roman: vidòvnjāk (sh) m, pròrok (sh) m, pròročica (sh) f
Spanish: profeta (es) m
Swedish: profet (sv) c
Volapük: (♂♀) profetan (vo), (♂) hiprofetan, (♀) jiprofetan

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} profeto (eo)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: ^{(please verify)} peyamber (ku), ^{(please verify)} qasid (ku)

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