premonitory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/
(UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtəɹi/, /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

premonitory (not comparable)

Serving as a warning or premonition.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
  […] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.

Derived terms

premonitory urge

Translations

serving as warning

Bulgarian: предупредителен (bg) (predupreditelen)
Dutch: waarschuwend (nl)
Finnish: varoittava (fi)
French: prémonitoire (fr)
Spanish: premonitorio

For quotations using this term, see Citations:premonitory.

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