The word prodigy means

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Prodigy, Prodigies or The Prodigy may refer to:

  • Child prodigy, a child who produces meaningful output to the level of an adult expert performer
    • Chess prodigy, a child who can beat experienced adult players at chess

Arts, entertainment, and mediaEdit

Fictional charactersEdit

  • Prodigy, a persona of Spider-Man in the Spider-Man: Identity Crisis storyline
  • Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore), a Marvel Comics superhero
  • Prodigy (David Alleyne), a Marvel Comics superhero commonly associated with the X-Men
  • Franziska von Karma, an Ace Attorney character also known as «The Prodigy»

FilmEdit

  • The Prodigies (film), a 2011 French-British film
  • The Prodigy (film), a 2019 American horror thriller film

TelevisionEdit

  • «Prodigy», a 2000 episode of Dark Angel
  • «Prodigy», a 2001 episode of Stargate SG-1 (season 4)
  • The Prodigy (TV series), a proposed 2007 reality TV show that never aired
  • Star Trek: Prodigy (TV series), a 2021 children’s science fiction TV series

LiteratureEdit

  • Prodigy (comics), a comic book series
  • Prodigy (novel), a 2013 novel by Marie Lu
  • Beneath the Wheel or The Prodigy, a 1906 novel by Hermann Hesse
  • Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Prodigy, a 1988 novel by Arthur Byron Cover
  • «The Prodigies», an 1897 short story by Willa Cather

MusicEdit

See also: § People

  • Fender Prodigy, an electric guitar produced from 1991 to 1993
  • Moog Prodigy, a synthesiser
  • The Prodigy, a British electronic music group, named after the Moog Prodigy synthesizer

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and mediaEdit

  • Prodigy (video game), a tactical role-playing game
  • The Prodigy (newspaper), the University of California, Merced student newspaper

PeopleEdit

  • Prodigy (rapper), Albert Johnson (1974–2017), American rapper and member of Mobb Deep
  • Prodigy, Craig Crippen, a member of Mindless Behavior
  • Tommaso Ciampa (born 1985), ring name Prodigy, American professional wrestler
  • B.J. Penn (born 1978), known as The Prodigy, an American mixed martial artist

Science and technologyEdit

  • Prodigy (online service), an early online service provider
  • Ford Prodigy, a low emission vehicle concept car
  • HTC Wizard or HTC Prodigy, a smartphone

Other usesEdit

  • Prodigy Finance, a financial company lending to students

See alsoEdit

  • Child star (disambiguation)
  • Genius (disambiguation)
  • Maestro (disambiguation)
  • Savant (disambiguation)
  • The Prodigal (disambiguation)
  • Virtuoso (disambiguation)
  • Wiz (disambiguation)
  • Prodigium, an unnatural deviation from the predictable order, in ancient Roman religion
  • Prodigium (EP), by Head Phones President
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English prodige (“portent”), from Latin prōdigium (“omen, portent, prophetic sign”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: prod‧i‧gy

Noun[edit]

prodigy (plural prodigies)

  1. (now rare) An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent. [from 15th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 87:
      John Foxe believed that special prodigies had heralded the Reformation.

    • 1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book XII:

      These on the farther bank now stood and gazed,
      By Heaven alarm’d, by prodigies amazed:
      A signal omen stopp’d the passing host,
      Their martial fury in their wonder lost.

  2. An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak. [from 16th c.]
  3. An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder. [from 17th c.]
  4. A wonderful example of something. [from 17th c.]
  5. An extremely talented person, especially a child. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms[edit]

  • (extremely talented person): wunderkind, girl wonder, girl-genius, boy-genius, boy wonder, child prodigy.

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Translations[edit]

something from which omens are drawn

amazing or marvelous thing

  • Bulgarian: чудо (bg) n (čudo)
  • Catalan: prodigi (ca) m
  • Czech: zázrak (cs) m
  • Danish: vidunder
  • Dutch: wonder (nl) n, mirakel (nl) n
  • Finnish: ihme (fi)
  • French: prodige (fr) m, prodigie f, miracle (fr) m, merveille (fr) f
  • German: Wunder (de) n
  • Hungarian: csoda (hu)
  • Italian: prodigio (it)
  • Japanese: 驚異 (ja) (kyōi)
  • Latin: prodigium f
  • Maori: inati
  • Portuguese: prodígio (pt) m, maravilha (pt) f
  • Russian: чудо (ru) n (čudo)
  • Spanish: maravilla (es), prodigio (es), portento (es), cosa extraña, milagro (es)
  • Swedish: under (sv) n, underverk (sv) n, vidunder (sv) n, mirakel (sv) n

extremely talented person, especially a child

  • Bulgarian: вундеркинд m (vunderkind)
  • Catalan: prodigi (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 神童 (zh) (shéntóng) (of a child), 聖童／圣童 (zh) (shèngtóng), 資優兒童／资优儿童 (zīyōu értóng)
  • Czech: zázračné dítě n (of a child), génius (cs) m
  • Dutch: wonderkind (nl) n
  • Finnish: ihmelapsi
  • French: enfant prodige (fr) m (of a child), génie (fr), phénomène (fr)
  • German: Wunderkind (de) n (of a child), Hochbegabter m, Hochbegabte f, Genie (de) n
  • Hungarian: csodagyerek (hu)
  • Italian: prodigio (it) m, fenomeno (it) m
  • Japanese: 神童 (ja) (しんどう, shindō) (of a child)
  • Maori: taniwha
  • Norwegian: vidunderbarn n
  • Portuguese: prodígio (pt) m
  • Russian: вундерки́нд (ru) m (vundɛrkínd) (of a child), ге́ний (ru) m (génij)
  • Spanish: prodigio (es) m, fenómeno (es), genio (es), niño prodigio
  • Swedish: underbarn (sv) n
  • Turkish: dâhi çocuk

See also[edit]

  • precocious
  • prodigal
  • child prodigy
  • prodigy house

Further reading[edit]

  • prodigy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “prodigy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • prodigy at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Смотреть что такое «prodigy» в других словарях:

  • Prodigy — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Prodigy puede referirse a: The Prodigy, una banda de música electrónica, conocida por grandes éxitos como Firestarter y Smack My Bitch Up . Prodigy (rapero), un rapero estadounidense, principal vocalista del dúo hip… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Prodigy — (engl. für Wunder oder Wunderkind ) ist der Name eines Moog Synthesizers einer englischen Band, siehe The Prodigy eines US amerikanischen Rappers, siehe Prodigy (Rapper) Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prodigy — puede referirse a: ● The Prodigy, una banda de música big beat electrónica, conocida por grandes éxitos como Firestarter y Smack My Bitch Up . ● Prodigy (rapero), un rapero americano, principal vocalista del dúo hip hop Mobb Deep …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Prodigy — Prod i*gy, n.; pl. {Prodigies}. [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. {Adage}. ] [1913 Webster] 1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prodigy — late 15c., sign, portent, something extraordinary from which omens are drawn, from L. prodigium sign, omen, portent, prodigy, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + igium, a suffix or word of unknown origin, perhaps from *agi , root of aio I say… …   Etymology dictionary

  • prodigy — index mastermind Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • prodigy — *wonder, marvel, miracle, phenomenon Analogous words: abnormality (see corresponding adjective at ABNORMAL): monstrosity (see corresponding adjective at MONSTROUS): anomaly, *paradox …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prodigy — [n] person or thing that is extraordinary brain*, child genius, curiosity, enormity, freak*, genius, intellect, marvel, mastermind, miracle, monster, natural, one in a million*, phenomenon, portent, rare bird*, rarity, sensation, spectacle,… …   New thesaurus

  • prodigy — ► NOUN (pl. prodigies) 1) a person, especially a young one, with exceptional abilities. 2) an outstanding example of a quality. 3) an amazing or unusual thing: omens and prodigies. ORIGIN Latin prodigium portent …   English terms dictionary

  • prodigy — [präd′ə jē] n. pl. prodigies [L prodigium < pro , before + OL * agiom, a thing said < aio, I say: see ADAGE] 1. Rare an extraordinary happening, thought to presage good or evil fortune 2. a person, thing, or act so extraordinary as to… …   English World dictionary

  • Prodigy — NOTOC Prodigy may refer to: * Child prodigy, an individual who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age In music * The Prodigy, a British electronic music group ** Moog Prodigy, the synthesiser from which the group got its name * …   Wikipedia

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чудо, одаренный человек, необыкновенно одаренный

существительное ↓

- чудо

prodigies of nature [of valour] — чудеса природы [храбрости] 

- необыкновенно одарённый человек (обыкн. ребёнок)

infant /child/ prodigy — чудо-ребёнок, вундеркинд 
musical prodigy — необыкновенный /поразительный/ музыкант 

- (of) замечательный, изумительный образец чего-л.

that prodigy of learning — этот кладезь премудрости 

- редк. (дурное) предзнаменование

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a new drug that is being hailed as the latest prodigy of the medical world — новый препарат, который преподносится как новейшее чудо в мире медицины  
an absolutely supernal performance of the concerto by a 16-year old prodigy — абсолютно божественное исполнение концерта шестнадцатилетним дарованием  
prodigy violinist — скрипач-вундеркинд  
child prodigy — талантливый и не по возрасту развитой ребёнок; чудо-ребёнок; вундеркинд  

Примеры с переводом

Mozart was a musical prodigy. 

Моцарт был музыкальным вундеркином.

The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16. 

В шестнадцать лет этот вундеркинд сыграл в Карнеги-холле.

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy…  

The line-up included top bands Prodigy and Radiohead.  

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

prodigal  — расточительный, щедрый, чрезмерный, мот, повеса
prodigious  — огромный, удивительный, чудовищный, громадный, невероятный, изумительный, чудесный

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): prodigy
мн. ч.(plural): prodigies

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