How do you say “omen” in Vietnamese?

“Omen” in Vietnamese is điềm (an omen).

Vietnamese words for “omen”

• điềmListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗiəm˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɗim˨˩]điềm falling

  an omen

  for “omen” meaning: Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

  • Quạ được xem là loài chim báo điềm xấu.The raven is regarded a bird of bad omen.

Related Vietnamese words

• triệu chứngListennoun

  a symptom; a sign; omen

• báo hiệuListenverb

  to signal

• chỉ điểmListennoun

  an informer; informant; spy

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.