prophet

See also: Prophet

English

Etymology

From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “I tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: prŏf'it, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/
(US) enPR: prŏ'fit, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/
Audio (US): (file)
Homophone: profit

Noun

prophet (plural prophets)

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

a prophet has no honor in his own country
a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
cole-prophet
major prophet
minor prophet
piss-prophet
prophecy (noun)
prophesise, prophesize (proscribed)
prophesy (verb)
prophetess (noun)
prophet of doom
weather-prophet

Translations

one who speaks by divine inspiration

Afrikaans: profeet
Albanian: profet (sq) m, mrrim m (Shala)
Amharic: ነቢይ (näbiy)
Arabic: نَبِيّ (ar) m (nabiyy), نَبِيء m (nabīʔ), رَسُول (ar) m (rasūl)
Juba Arabic: nebi
Aramaic: נביא m (nəḇiyyā)
Classical Syriac: ܢܒܝܐ m (nǝḇī(ˀ)ā)
Armenian: մարգարե (hy) (margare)
Asturian: profeta (ast) m or f
Avar: авараг (awarag)
Azerbaijani: peyğəmbər (az), nəbi, rəsul
Bashkir: пәйғәмбәр (pəyğəmbər)
Beaver: naachin
Belarusian: праро́к m (prarók), праро́чыца f (praróčyca)
Bengali: নবী (bn) (nobi)
Bulgarian: проро́к (bg) m (prorók), проро́чица f (proróčica)
Burmese: ပရောဖက် (pa.rau:hpak)
Catalan: profeta (ca) m or f
Chechen: пайхамар (pajxamar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先知 (zh) (xiānzhī), 預言家 / 预言家 (zh) (yùyánjiā)
Chuvash: пӳлӗхҫӗ (pülĕhśĕ)
Czech: prorok (cs) m, prorokyně f
Danish: profet c, profetinde c (female)
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 (gl) m, profetisa (gl) f
Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველი (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veli)
German: Prophet (de) m, Prophetin (de) f, Weissager m
Gothic: 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌴𐍃 m (praufētēs)
Greek: προφήτης (el) m (profítis)
Ancient: προφήτης m (prophḗtēs), προφάτας m (prophátas) (Doric, Boeotian), προφήτωρ m (prophḗtōr), προφῆτις f (prophêtis)
Haitian Creole: profèt
Hausa: annabi
Hebrew: נָבִיא (he) m (naví), 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, divinatore (it) m, aedo (it) m
Japanese: 預言者 (ja) (よげんしゃ, yogensha)
Kazakh: пайғамбар (paiğambar)
Khmer: ព្យាការី (pyiəkaarəy)
Konkani: पैगंबर (paigambar)
Korean: 선지자(先知者) (ko) (seonjija), 예언자(豫言者) (ko) (yeeonja)
Kumyk: пайхаммар (payxammar)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پێغەمەر (pêẍemer)

Northern Kurdish: resûl (ku), nebî (ku), pêxember (ku)
Kyrgyz: пайгамбар (paygambar)
Lao: ສາດສະດາ (sāt sa dā)
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: пророк (mk) m (prorok), пророчица f (proročica)
Malay: nabi (ms)
Maltese: profeta m
Manchu: ᡦᠣᡵᠣᡶᡳᠶᡝᡨᠠ (porofiyeta)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бошиглогч (bošiglogč)
Mwani: ntume
Ngazidja Comorian: mtrume class 3/4
Niuean: perofeta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: profet (no) m, profetinne f

Nynorsk: profet m, profetinne f
Old English: wītga m
Old Norse: spámaðr m
Ottoman Turkish: پیغامبر (peygamber), رسول (resul)
Pashto: نبي (ps) (nabi), رسول (ps) m (rasul), پيغمبر (ps) m (peyǧambar)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پِیامْبَر (fa) (peyâmbar), نَبی (fa) (nabi), رَسول (fa) (rasul), وَخْشور (fa) (vaxšur), پِیْغَمْبَر (fa) (peyġambar)
Plautdietsch: Profeet m
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)
Sakha (Yakut): көрбүөччү (körbüöccü)
Samoan: perofeta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: про̀рок m, про̀рочица f

Roman: pròrok (sh) m, pròročica (sh) f
Sinhalese: තුමා (tumā)
Slovak: prorok m, prorokyňa f
Slovene: prerok (sl) m, prerokinja f
Somali: nebi
Spanish: profeta (es) m, profetisa (es) f
Swahili: nabii (sw), mtume (sw)
Swedish: profet (sv) c
Tagalog: propeta, manghahawo
Tajik: расул (rasul), пайғамбар (payġambar), паёмбар (payombar)
Tashelhiyt: arqqas m
Tatar: пәйгамбәр (tt) (päygambär)
Tausug: nabī
Thai: ศาสดา (th) (sàat-sà-daa)
Turkish: peygamber (tr), yalvaç (tr)
Turkmen: pygamber
Ukrainian: проро́к (uk) m (prorók), проро́чиця (uk) f (proróčycja)
Urdu: نَبی (ur) m (nabī), رَسُول (ur) m (rasūl)
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: مُتَنَبِّئ (mutanabbiʔ)
Asturian: profeta (ast), adivín (ast)
Catalan: profeta (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先知 (zh) (xiānzhī), 預言家 / 预言家 (zh) (yùyánjiā)
Czech: věštec (cs) m, prorok (cs) m, věštkyně (cs) f, prorokyně f
Danish: profet c, profetinde c (female), 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, Weissager m
Greek: προφήτης (el) m (profítis)
Haitian Creole: profèt
Hebrew: נָבִיא (he) m (navi), מגד עתידות m (maged atidot)
Hungarian: próféta (hu), látnok (hu)
Icelandic: spámaður m, spákona f
Irish: fáidh m, fáistineach m
Italian: vate (it) m, oracolo (it) m, veggente (it) m, vaticinatore (it) m, indovino (it) m
Japanese: 予言者 (ja) (よげんしゃ, yogensha)
Korean: 예언자(豫言者) (ko) (yeeonja)
Latin: vātēs m or f
Macedonian: пророк (mk) m (prorok), претскажувач m (pretskažuvač)
Maori: matakite, matatuhi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: profet (no) m, profetinne f, spåmann m, spåkvinne f

Nynorsk: profet m, profetinne f, spåmann m, spåkvinne f
Old English: wītga m
Polish: prorok (pl) m, prorokini (pl) f
Portuguese: profeta (pt) m, vidente (pt) m or 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)
Scots: (♂♀) spaer, (♂) spaeman, (♀) spaewife
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: видо̀вња̄к m, про̀рок m, про̀рочица f

Roman: vidòvnjāk (sh) m, pròrok (sh) m, pròročica (sh) f
Spanish: profeta (es) m, profetisa (es) f
Swedish: profet (sv) c
Thai: ผู้ทำนาย (pûu-tam-naai), โหร (th) (hǒon), หมอดู (th) (mɔ̌ɔ-duu)
Volapük: (♂♀) profetan (vo), (♂) hiprofetan, (♀) jiprofetan

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Middle English

Noun

prophet

alternative form of prophete