Polyglot Dictionary

prophète

/pʁɔ.fɛt/

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 prophètes

Meaning

  1. prophet

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

oracle

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

Spanish

profeta

profeta is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "prophet."

Portuguese

profeta

profeta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "prophet."

Practice

1 What does prophète mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ annonce des temps difficiles.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches prophète?

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