Main Entry: pre·sen·ti·ment

Pronunciation: \pri-ˈzen-tə-mənt\

Function: noun

Etymology: French pressentiment, from Middle French, from pressentir to have a presentiment, from Latin praesentire to feel beforehand, from prae- + sentire to feel — more at sense

Date: 1714

: a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition

— pre·sen·ti·men·tal \-ˌzen-tə-ˈmen-t^əl\ adjective