different between ominous vs omniscient

English

Etymology

From Latin ominosus (“full of foreboding”), from omen (“forbidden fruit, omen”), from os (“the mouth”) + -men.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m?n?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m?n?s/
• Hyphenation: o?mi?nous

Adjective

ominous (comparative more ominous, superlative most ominous)

1. Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
2. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen

   Synonyms: threatening, portentous, inauspicious

   • California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011

Usage notes

• Formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshadowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.
• Nouns to which "ominous" is often applied: sign, silence, warning, cloud, note, sound, shadow, threat, music, tone, implication, message, presence, development, voice, portent, turn, sky, figure, dream, event, trend, change, day, beginning, growl, cry, signal, pattern.

Synonyms

• portentous
• sinister
• threatening

Derived terms

• ominously
• ominousness

Related terms

• omen
• abomination

Translations

Further reading

• ominous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ominous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• suimono

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n?s??nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?n???nt/
• Rhymes: -???nt, -?s??nt

Adjective

omniscient (not comparable)

1. Having total knowledge.

Synonyms

• all-knowing

Related terms

• omniscience

Translations

Noun

omniscient (plural omniscients)

1. One who has total knowledge.
   • 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations

     Those blind omniscients , those almighty slaves , Untenanting creation of its God

Further reading

• omniscient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• omniscient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• omniscient at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Adjective

omniscient (masculine and feminine plural omniscients)

1. omniscient

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.ni.sj??/

Adjective

omniscient (feminine singular omnisciente, masculine plural omniscients, feminine plural omniscientes)

1. omniscient

Related terms

• omniscience

See also

• omnipotent
• omniprésent

Further reading

• “omniscient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French omniscient, from Medieval Latin omnisciens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?om.ni.st??i?ent/
• Hyphenation: om?ni?sci?ent

Adjective

omniscient m or n (feminine singular omniscient?, masculine plural omniscien?i, feminine and neuter plural omnisciente)

1. omniscient

Declension

Synonyms

• atot?tiutor

Related terms

• omniscien??

References

• omniscient in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)