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The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in 'Blood Bound' and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here.
Patricia Briggs

Meaning of "preternatural" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRETERNATURAL

From Medieval Latin praeternātūrālis, from Latin praeter natūram beyond the scope of nature.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRETERNATURAL

preternatural  [ˌpriːtəˈnætʃrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRETERNATURAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preternatural is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRETERNATURAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

preternatural

Preternatural

The preternatural or praeternatural is that which appears outside or beside the natural. In contrast to the supernatural, preternatural phenomena are presumed to have natural explanations that are unknown. It is "suspended between the mundane and the miraculous". In theology, the term is often used to distinguish marvels or deceptive trickery, often attributed to witchcraft or demons, from the purely divine power of the genuinely supernatural to violate the laws of nature. In the early modern period the term was used by scientists to refer to abnormalities and strange phenomena of various kinds that seemed to depart from the norms of nature.

Definition of preternatural in the English dictionary

The definition of preternatural in the dictionary is beyond what is ordinarily found in nature; abnormal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRETERNATURAL


agricultural
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl
apparel
əˈpærəl
April
ˈeɪprəl
carol
ˈkærəl
central
ˈsɛntrəl
coral
ˈkɒrəl
cultural
ˈkʌltʃərəl
federal
ˈfɛdərəl
floral
ˈflɔːrəl
funeral
ˈfjuːnərəl
general
ˈdʒɛnərəl
integral
ˈɪntɪɡrəl
mineral
ˈmɪnərəl
moral
ˈmɒrəl
natural
ˈnætʃrəl
neutral
ˈnjuːtrəl
oral
ˈɔːrəl
rural
ˈrʊərəl
several
ˈsɛvrəl
supernatural
ˌsuːpəˈnætʃrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRETERNATURAL

preterhuman
preterist
preterit
preterite
preteriteness
preterition
preteritive
preterm
preterminal
pretermination
pretermission
pretermit
pretermitted
pretermitter
pretermitting
preternaturalism
preternaturality
preternaturally
preternaturalness
preterperfect

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRETERNATURAL

arboricultural
architectural
bicultural
cross-cultural
horticultural
infrastructural
intercultural
multicultural
mural
nomenclatural
pictural
postural
prefectural
scriptural
sculptural
sociocultural
textural
the supernatural
ultrastructural
unnatural
viticultural

Synonyms and antonyms of preternatural in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRETERNATURAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «preternatural» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of preternatural

Translation of «preternatural» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRETERNATURAL

Find out the translation of preternatural to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of preternatural from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preternatural» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超自然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preternatural
570 millions of speakers

English

preternatural
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलौकिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خارق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сверхъестественное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preternatural
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিপ্রাকৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surnaturel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Preternatural
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

übernatürlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

超自然的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초자연적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preternatural
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

preternatural
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயற்கை மீறிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैसर्गिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olağandışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovrannaturale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

preternatural
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

надприродне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supranatural
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερφυσικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bo natuurlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

preternatural
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

naturlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preternatural

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETERNATURAL»

The term «preternatural» is regularly used and occupies the 60.902 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETERNATURAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «preternatural» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «preternatural» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preternatural

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QUOTES WITH «PRETERNATURAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preternatural.
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Patricia Briggs
The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in 'Blood Bound' and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRETERNATURAL»

Discover the use of preternatural in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preternatural and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Witch Wolf
When she's called in to help the local cops work on a mysterious murder case, Preternatural Private Investigator and Paranormal Huntress Kassandra Lyall finds herself needing all the help she can get.
Winter Pennington, 2010
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Preternatural Journey
Be careful what you wish for! There is no going back with some decisions. Especially when it comes to choices of life or... life after death. Preternatural Journey is a trek past death along a path of passion and lust. Death and blood.
Shawn Blackburn, 2010
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Raven Mask
While Kassandra tries to figure out if Timothy’s curiosity was his undoing, the biggest question of all remains unanswered. Is Timothy Nelson dead or undead? The Second Book in the Kassandra Lyall Preternatural Investigator Series.
Winter Pennington, 2010
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This Shade of Night: A Preternatural, Unlimited Novel
"That's the part about being a vampire that I've always hated... the perks are great, but lunch can kill you.
Khrystel Parlin, 2004
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Poetry in a time of terror: essays in the postcolonial ...
Essays examine the poetic stances assumed by 'terror' in relation to nation, language, translation, borders, gender, sexuality, and other forms of 'difference'.
Rukmini Bhaya Nair, 2009
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Preternatural Too: Gyre
This novel asks whether the intergalactic jellyfish created by the author actually exist, or did they create and do they control her.
Margaret Wander Bonanno, 2001
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Preternatural 3
Or did it? But now . . . We're way beyond jellyfish this time, baby. In the third Preternatural novel, our human friend Karen and the alien known as Govannon learn once again that time ain't what it's cracked up to be.
Margaret Wander Bonanno, 2013
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Biographies of Scientific Objects
From this standpoint, the preternatural was all that slipped through the meshes of Aristotelian epistemology — the subsensible, the variable, the rare. Bacon's epistemological reflections echo this theme of difficulty by emphasizing that not only ...
Lorraine Daston, 2000
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Europe's Indians: Producing Racial Difference, 1500–1900
As Daston notes, in contrast to the “natural,” where nature functioned in predictable ways, the non-natural recognized within its ranks the supernatural, the preternatural, the artificial, and the unnatural.18 The supernatural consisted of miracles ...
Vanita Seth, 2010
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Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
-QN THE CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT OP PRETERNATURAL LABOURS. In preternatural labours, which form the third class of Smellie and Denman, the head of the child does not present as in natural labours, but the nates and ...
Robert Lee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRETERNATURAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preternatural is used in the context of the following news items.
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Clinton scores Trump-like ratings
Hillary Clinton -- lacking most of her husband's preternatural political skills -- may not have the same luxury. Senior Democrats are seeing what ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»
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On His 40th Birthday, Alex Rodriguez Blows It Out With a Swing
No longer was he simply a precocious, preternatural talent. Though Rodriguez, then 25, had the richest contract in sports at the time and no ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Realistic Expectations for Emmanuel Mudiay's Rookie Season with …
... on a double-team, giving him space to shoot—he didn't look fazed in the slightest, instead operating with a preternatural level of maturity. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Circa: arias and acrobatics
... Les Sauvages (from Rameau's Les Indes Galantes suite), the Brandenburg plays with passion, great agility and an almost preternatural unity, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Safed rabbi indicted on 12 charges of sexual offenses including rape
He was a respected and prominent figure in the national- religious community, and lauded as a particularly spiritual rabbi with preternatural ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Vans US Open of Surfing Pro Junior quarterfinalists decided
The North Shore's Kalani David has recently evolved from preternatural talent to knocking on the door of surfing's biggest stage. The Hawaiian ... «Wake, Wind and Surf, Jul 15»
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Star Wars: why C-3PO is this season's fashion hit
He's also on the cover of US GQ, working those preternatural angles with Amy Schumer. The comedian is resplendent in blond plaits and a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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How an Unlikely Hollywood Juggernaut Came to Rule Netflix | WIRED
The Duplass brothers' movies tend toward finely wrought portrayals of human frailty, but Mark takes the stage with preternatural confidence, his ... «UK Progressive Magazine, Jul 15»
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Original short story: Calypso, by David Sedaris
While their attractiveness was preternatural – almost outlandish – the way they related to one another as brother and sister felt familiar to me, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Paging Renan Barao, the pound-for-pound king of 14 months ago
He beat Eddie Wineland with some spinning stuff that at the time seemed preternatural. He collected the heads of Chris Cariaso, Scott ... «MMA Fighting, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Preternatural [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/preternatural>. Apr 2024 ».
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