Pressent (en. Press)

/pʁe.sɑ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To have a premonition, to instinctively feel something.

She sensed that something was wrong.

Elle pressentait que quelque chose n'allait pas.

To anticipate something through intuition.

He senses a change in the air.

Il pressent un changement dans l'air.

To experience a premonitory sensation.

They felt the end of summer approaching.

Ils pressentaient la fin de l'été.

From the Latin praescientem, active participle of praescire, meaning to know in advance.

To have a premonition

To have a strong intuition about a future event.

avoir un pressentiment

To sense something

To feel an impression about an upcoming event.

pressentir quelque chose

To foresee danger

To have a feeling that something bad is going to happen.

pressentir le danger

Premonition

Anticipated sensation of an upcoming event.

prémonition

Intuition

Ability to understand or know something without reasoning.

intuition

Anticipation

Action of waiting for or predicting something.

anticipation

To have a bad premonition.

I feel like things are going to go wrong; I have a bad premonition.

Je sens que ça va mal tourner, j'ai un mauvais pressentiment.

To sense the arrival of bad news.

As soon as he received that call, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Dès qu'il a reçu cet appel, il a tout de suite pressenti que ça n'allait pas.