προαίσθημα

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly from προ- (pro-) + αίσθημα (aísthima), a calque of French pressentiment.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈe.sθi.ma/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧αί‧σθη‧μα

Noun

προαίσθημα • (proaísthima) n (plural προαισθήματα)

  1. premonition, foreboding, hunch, presentiment (a strong intuition that something is about to happen)

Declension

References

  1. προαίσθημα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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