Noun: prophet
| Singular | prophet |
| Plural | prophets |
Sample Sentences
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Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
Nouns inflected like prophet
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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. See: Middle English Nouns '
prophete', Latin Nouns '
prophēta', Ancient Greek Nouns '
προφήτης'.