presentiment

(prĭ-zĕn'tə-mənt)
n.
A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.

[Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesentīre : prae-, pre- + sentīre, to feel.]

presentimental pre·sen'ti·men'tal (-mĕn'tl) adj.

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Personal premonition of vague events in the future.

IN BRIEF: A feeling that something is about to happen.

The cat must have had a presentiment that its owner was coming home soon because it waited patiently at the door beginning at 5 o'clock.

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• Intuition and Imagination - presentiment: premonition

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forudfølelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorgevoel, vermoeden

Français (French)
n. - pressentiment

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorahnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αόριστο προαίσθημα, προαίσθηση

Italiano (Italian)
presentimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pressentimento (m)

Русский (Russian)
дурное предчувствие

Español (Spanish)
n. - presentimiento, corazonada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förkänsla, föraning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预感, 预觉

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預感, 預覺

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예감, 예각, 육감

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予感, 虫の知らせ, 胸騒ぎ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعور مسبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחושה מוקדמת, רגש מבשר רע‬

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