présage
French, noun
présage is spelled P-R-É-S-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Présage is a French masculine noun meaning “omen, ominous sign, presage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of présager. With an accent, présagé is a different word: “past participle of présager”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Augure, signe par lequel on juge de l’avenir”.
What does présage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineomen, ominous sign, presage
Near-synonym: augure
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of présager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Augure, signe par lequel on juge de l’avenir. 2. Conjecture de l’augure, bon ou mauvais, qu’on tire de ce signe. 3. Conjecture tirée d’un fait quelconque.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of présage
- présages plural
- présagée feminine
- présagés masculine plural
- présagées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to présage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is présage in French?
présage appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).