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Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.
Hector Elizondo

Meaning of "fortune cookie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORTUNE COOKIE

fortune cookie  [ˈfɔːtʃuːn ˈkʊkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORTUNE COOKIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fortune cookie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORTUNE COOKIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fortune cookie

Fortune cookie

A fortune cookie is a crisp cookie usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a "fortune" wrapped inside. A "fortune" is a piece of paper with words of wisdom, an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. The message inside may also include a Chinese phrase with translation or a list of lucky numbers used by some as lottery numbers, some of which have become actual winning numbers. Fortune cookies are often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants in the United States and some other countries, but are absent in China. The exact origin of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in California claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century, basing their recipe on a traditional Japanese cracker. Fortune cookies have been summarized as being "introduced by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately... consumed by Americans."...

Definition of fortune cookie in the English dictionary

The definition of fortune cookie in the dictionary is a cookie eaten at the end of a Chinese meal which contains a small piece of paper with a prophecy written on it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORTUNE COOKIE


bookie
ˈbʊkɪ
cookie
ˈkʊkɪ
cooky
ˈkʊkɪ
folky
ˈfəʊkɪ
Gurmukhi
ˈɡʊəmʊkɪ
hokey
ˈhəʊkɪ
hokey-pokey
ˌhəʊkɪˈpəʊkɪ
hooky
ˈhʊkɪ
karaoke
ˌkɑːrəˈəʊkɪ
Loki
ˈləʊkɪ
moki
ˈməʊkɪ
okey-dokey
ˈəʊkɪˈdəʊkɪ
Okie
ˈəʊkɪ
pokey
ˈpəʊkɪ
roky
ˈrəʊkɪ
rookie
ˈrʊkɪ
roquet
ˈrəʊkɪ
smokey
ˈsməʊkɪ
smoky
ˈsməʊkɪ
tanuki
təˈnʊkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORTUNE COOKIE

fortuities
fortuitism
fortuitist
fortuitous
fortuitously
fortuitousness
fortuity
Fortuna
fortunate
fortunately
fortunateness
fortune
fortune hunter
fortune-hunter
fortune-hunting
fortune-teller
fortune-telling
fortuneless
fortunize
forty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORTUNE COOKIE

bakkie
brookie
chocolate chip cookie
chookie
chuckie
darkie
Jackie
junkie
kookie
nookie
pinkie
pokie
quickie
stookie
talkie
tintookie
tough cookie
twinkie
walkie-talkie
yorkie

Synonyms and antonyms of fortune cookie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fortune cookie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORTUNE COOKIE

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

Translator English - Chinese

幸运饼干
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

galleta de la fortuna
570 millions of speakers

English

fortune cookie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भाग्य कुकी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كعكة الحظ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

печенье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

biscoito da sorte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাগ্য কুকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

biscuit de fortune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekayaan kuki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glückskeks
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おみくじ入りクッキー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포춘 쿠키
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rejeki cookie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fortune cookie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிர்ஷ்டம் குக்கீ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दैव कुकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şans kurabiyesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fortune Cookie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fortune Cookie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

печиво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

avere cookie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπισκότο τύχης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fortuin koekie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lyckokaka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fortune cookie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fortune cookie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTUNE COOKIE»

The term «fortune cookie» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.166 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORTUNE COOKIE» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «FORTUNE COOKIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fortune cookie.
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Hector Elizondo
Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORTUNE COOKIE»

Discover the use of fortune cookie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fortune cookie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of ...
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.
Jennifer B. Lee, 2008
2
Miss Fortune Cookie
Meet Erin. Smart student, great daughter, better friend. Secretly the mastermind behind the popular advice blog Miss Fortune Cookie. Totally unaware that her carefully constructed life is about to get crazy.
Lauren Bjorkman, 2012
3
Fortune Cookie
Simon must save her at any cost. Set against the wretched trade in drugs and human misery operating during the Vietnam War, Fortune Cookie is a spellbinding thriller, with a story of love against impossible odds at its heart.
Bryce Courtenay, 2010
4
Fortune Cookie
A fun and feisty comedy drama from master storyteller Jean Ure – with a gorgeous cover look to appeal to all girls who love real-life stories.
Jean Ure, 2009
5
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of ...
Adventures in the World of Chinese Food Jennifer B. Lee. “Camp” to most Americans conjures up idyllic images of canoeing, bonfires, and goodnatured panty raids. My parents sent me, my brother, and my sister to Chinese camp for one week ...
Jennifer B. Lee, 2008
6
The Fortune Cookie Book
The Fortune Cookie Book is a novelty cookbook and gift item that brings the tradition of the fortune cookie to our relationships with family and friends.
‎1997
7
The First Book of Tasteless Fortune Cookie Fortunes
Great job, Joe. "Joe Wang worked for 36 years writing fortunes for fortune cookies. He saved the ones that were rejected as being 'tasteless.' In this book you will find some of the worst and funniest of the rejected fortunes.
Joe Wang, 2005
8
Fortune Cookie Fox
Sabrina finds herself the target of a series of pranks, and her search for the culprit takes her to to New York's Chinatown and the Great Wall of China.
Cathy East Dubowski, 1999
9
Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie: The Making of Chinese ...
LuMing Mao offers an important discussion of the rhetoric of Chinese American speakers, which has wide implications for the teaching of writing in English and for our understanding of cross-cultural influences in discourse.
LuMing Mao, 2006
10
Secrets of a Fortune Cookie: A Memoir
"Secrets of a Fortune Cookie: A Memoir" is the satirically sorrowful, autobiography of author Vanessa Yang, a young woman of Chinese descent, who was born in Singapore and educated in schools across the globe.
Vanessa S. Yang, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORTUNE COOKIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fortune cookie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Alone in the cemetery, wandering...and wondering
What I know about theology you could wrap in a fortune cookie, and this question we all have to answer deserves more thought than a rolling of ... «Shreveport Times, Jul 15»
2
Governor Christie expected to seek disaster declaration for June 23 …
... associate producer and learned what made Terry so effective; it was spelled out for him on a fortune cookie strip that was taped on the control ... «Newsworks.org, Jul 15»
3
Taking a page from the New York Public Library's approach to …
A colleague of Felix's writes fortune cookie-esque fortunes like, "A paperback will take your life by storm" and Photoshops them on pictures of ... «TechRepublic, Jul 15»
4
Is There Such a Thing as "Too Late to Sell?"
Here's this week's Fortune Cookie. Remember, you can always view all previous Fortune Cookies here and Contrary Opinion buttons here. «Cabot Wealth Advisory, Jul 15»
5
Where tech terms like 'bug', 'robot' and 'cloud' originally came from
It traces its roots back to "magic cookie", a programmer term, which itself comes from "fortune cookie", which is a cookie with a message inside. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
City green-lights CID funds for new hotel near airport
The property next to the vacant hotel at the site, a former Fortune Cookie restaurant, has been empty for about a decade. The special tax ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
7
NYSE “Glitch” – Really?
... whether or not Chinese earnings are real is probably more easily told by reading the inside of a fortune cookie than from reported financials) ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
8
Every day's a (food) holiday!!!
For example, July 20 is National Fortune Cookie Day, National Lollipop Day and National Hot Dog Day. In addition, October 4 is National Taco ... «HLNtv.com, Jul 15»
9
Zodiac Heads to star at Mix'd Media event
“Those guests who want to make their own fortune cookie can create a fortune cookie out of clay but also write a fortune inside of that before ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
10
Ohio Woman Arrested for Calling 911, Saying That Her Chinese …
If there was a fortune cookie that came with this order, it would probably say that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. Or just ... «The Daily Meal, Jul 15»

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