prophet

Forms

Plural: prophets

Definitions

1.Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
- Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
2.Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4477

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

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, “to tell”).

Displaced native Old English wītga.