foreshadowing

English

Verb

foreshadowing

present participle of foreshadow

Noun

foreshadowing (plural foreshadowings)

(authorship, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
The roses blooming before Rose herself bloomed was excellent foreshadowing.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
  As an experienced editor I disapprove of backflashes, foreshadowings and tricksy devices […]

Translations

literary device

Finnish: ennakointi (fi)
French: augure (fr) m, présage (fr) m
German: Vorahnung (de) f

Japanese: 伏線 (ja) (ふくせん, fukusen)
Turkish: önceden ima etme

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