profecia

See also: profecía and prófécia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prophētīa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.fəˈsi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈsi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsi.a]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ci‧a

Noun

profecia f (plural profecies)

1. prophecy

Related terms

• profeta
• profètic
• profetitzar

Further reading

• “profecia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “profecia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “profecia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “profecia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin prophētīa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prufeˈsio]

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ci‧a

Noun

profecia f (plural profecias)

1. prophecy

Related terms

• profèta
• profetic
• profeticament

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prophētīa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.fɨˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ci‧a

Noun

profecia f (plural profecias)

1. prophecy (prediction made under divine inspiration)

Further reading

• “profecia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “profecia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “profecia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025