sibylle

sibil

Definition

Definition of sibylle - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

voyantefemme qui prétend connaître et révéler l'avenir

Cette sibylle lit dans les cartes pour prédire l'avenir.

devineresse

prophétesse

voyante

antiquité

Dated

femme de l'antiquité qui prédisait l'avenir selon les croyances

Dated

La sibylle de Cumes était consultée par les Romains.

devineresse

oracle

prophétesse

méchante

Rare

vieille femme méchante et laide aux propos malveillants

Rare

Cette sibylle répand des ragots sur tout le quartier.

harpie

mégère

vieille sorcière

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Origin of sibylle

grec, sibylla (prophétesse)

Examples of sibylle in a sentence

On consultait la sibylle avant chaque grande décision.
La sibylle prononçait ses oracles dans le temple.
On consultait la sibylle avant les grandes décisions.
On évite cette sibylle qui insulte tout le monde.
La sibylle du village fait peur aux enfants.

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English:fortune teller, prophetess, ...
German:Sibylle, Giftmischerin, ...
Italian:sibilla, megera, ...
Spanish:sibila, sibilina, ...
Portuguese:sibila, feiticeira, ...
Chinese:女预言家, 西比尔, ...
Japanese:女預言者, シビュラ, ...
Arabic:عَرَّافة, سِيبِيلَة, ...
Hebrew:מַגִּידַת עֲתִידוֹת, סִיבִּילָה, ...
Russian:сибилла, пророчица, ...
Ukrainian:віщунка, сибіла, ...
Catalan:sibil.la, sibila, ...
Danish:sibylle, spåkvinde, ...
Dutch:waarzegster, feeks, ...
Greek:σιβύλλα, γριά μάγισσα, ...
Hungarian:jósnő, szibülla, ...
Khmer:អ្នកទស្សន៍ទាយ, ស្ត្រីទាយអនាគត, ...
Korean:여성 점쟁이, 시빌라, ...
Polish:sybilla, wieszczka, ...
Portuguese (BR):sibila, megera, ...
Romanian:sibilă, sibila, ...
Swedish:sierska, sibylla, ...
Thai:หมอดูหญิง, ซีบิล, ...
Turkish:kâhin, sibylla, ...
Vietnamese:nữ tiên tri, nữ tiên tri cổ đại, ...

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