Polyglot Dictionary

oracle

/ɔ.ʁakl/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les oracles

Meaning

  1. oracle

    • Les Grecs consultaient l'oracle de Delphes.

      The Greeks consulted the oracle of Delphi.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

prophète

Worth distinguishing: oracle is a place/object/person giving divine guidance; prophète is specifically a person who speaks for a deity.

Similar in other languages

German

Orakel

Orakel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "oracle."

Spanish

oráculo

oráculo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "oracle."

Portuguese

oráculo

oráculo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "oracle."

Practice

1 What does oracle mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les Grecs consultaient l'___ de Delphes.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches oracle?

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