pressentiment

le pressentiment
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., l’homme, le soleil).
masculine noun
a. hunch
J'ai le pressentiment que quelque chose va arriver.I have a hunch that something is going to happen.
b. feeling
Tu devrais tenter ta chance. J’ai un bon pressentiment.You should give it a try. I’ve got a good feeling about this.
c. premonition
Je suis une personne rationnelle. Je ne crois pas aux pressentiments.I'm a rational person. I don't believe in premonitions.
d. presentiment
Patricia était assaillie par les pressentiments les plus contradictoires.Patricia was beset by the most contradictory presentiments.
e. foreboding
Un pressentiment funeste avait dissuadé Elias de prendre la route ce jour-là.An ominous foreboding had dissuaded Elias from taking to the road that day.
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