Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

portent

UK /ˈpɔːtɛnt/ · US /ˈpɔɹtɛnt/ noun

Forms portents

noun Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen. “It was a portent of things to come.”
noun A portending; significance “a howl of dire portent”
noun Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

Synonyms

Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).

noun That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak.

Etymology [L. portentum. See Portend.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “portent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “portent” (best matches first).

उपलिङ्ग upa-liṅga a portent, a natural phenomenon considered as boding evil.
औत्पातिक autpātika portentous, prodigious, astounding, calamitous; ( am ), n. a portent.
उपाहित upā-hita deposited, placed; put on, worn; joined, annexed; agreed upon, made or done mutually; ( as ), m. a fiery por…
अजन्य a-janya improper to be produced or born; unfit or unfavourable for mankind; ( am ), n. any portent or natural phenom…
उत्पात ut-pāta flying up, a spring, jump; an unusual or startling event boding calamity, a portent, prodigy, phenomenon; an…
विनिहत vi-nihata struck down, struck, wounded; completely killed; overcome; ( as ), m. a great or unavoidable calamity, the i…
उपप्लव upa-plava violent assault or attack; unlucky accident, misfortune, great calamity, disturbance; a portent or natural p…
उपाकृत upā-kṛta brought near, invited, addressed with invitatory sentences; ( as ), m. a sacrificial animal killed during th…