fatidic

See also: fatídic

English

Etymology

From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dico (“I speak”). Via Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- cognate with the synonymous English prophetic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /feɪˈtɪdɪk/

Adjective

fatidic (comparative more fatidic, superlative most fatidic)

1. (now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.

   Synonyms: foreordained, predestined; see also Thesaurus:fated

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 112:

     At that moment he felt quite proud of his stratagem. He was to recall it with a fatidic shiver seventeen years later [...].

Translations

Of or pertaining to prophecy

Bulgarian: пророчески (bg) (proročeski) French: fatidique (fr) Russian: проро́ческий (ru) (proróčeskij) Spanish: fatídico (es)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fatidique, from Latin fātidicus.

Adjective

fatidic m or n (feminine singular fatidică, masculine plural fatidici, feminine and neuter plural fatidice)

1. fateful

Declension

Declension of fatidic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fatidic		fatidică		fatidici	fatidice
	definite	fatidicul		fatidica		fatidicii	fatidicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fatidic		fatidice		fatidici	fatidice
	definite	fatidicului		fatidicei		fatidicilor	fatidicelor