Meaning of "fortune-teller" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF FORTUNE-TELLER

fortune-teller

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORTUNE-TELLER

Fortune-Teller is a noun.

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WHAT DOES FORTUNE-TELLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fortune-telling

Fortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune-telling implies a less serious or formal setting, even one of popular culture, where belief in occult workings behind the prediction is less prominent than the concept of suggestion, spiritual or practical advisory or affirmation. Historically, fortune-telling grows out of folkloristic reception of Renaissance magic, specifically associated with Romani people. During the 19th and 20th century, methods of divination from non-Western cultures, such as the I Ching, were also adopted as methods of fortune-telling in western popular culture. An example of divination or fortune-telling as purely an item of pop culture, with little or no vestiges of belief in the...

Definition of fortune-teller in the English dictionary

The definition of fortune-teller in the dictionary is a person who makes predictions about the future as by looking into a crystal ball, reading palms, etc.

SYNONYMS OF «FORTUNE-TELLER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fortune-teller» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of fortune-teller

augur · clairvoyant · diviner · haruspex · oracle · predictor · prophet · prophetess · psychic · seer · sibyl · soothsayer · telepath · telepathist · visionary

TRANSLATION OF FORTUNE-TELLER

Find out the translation of fortune-teller to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fortune-teller 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-teller» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 算命先生
• Translator English - Spanish: adivina
• English: fortune-teller
• Translator English - Hindi: भविष्य बताने
• Translator English - Arabic: العراف
• Translator English - Russian: Гадалка
• Translator English - Portuguese: cartomante
• Translator English - Bengali: গণত্কার
• Translator English - French: diseur de bonne aventure
• Translator English - Malay: penilik nasib
• Translator English - German: Wahrsager
• Translator English - Japanese: 占い師
• Translator English - Korean: 점쟁이
• Translator English - Javanese: Tukang tuku
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thầy bói
• Translator English - Tamil: குறி-சொல்பவர்
• Translator English - Marathi: भविष्य सांगणारा
• Translator English - Turkish: falcı
• Translator English - Italian: cartomante
• Translator English - Polish: wróżka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Ворожка
• Translator English - Romanian: ghicitoare
• Translator English - Greek: μάντισσα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: fortuinverteller
• Translator English - Swedish: spåman
• Translator English - Norwegian: spåmann

2 QUOTES WITH «FORTUNE-TELLER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fortune-teller.

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James Caan

I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.

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Kim Young-ha

When the head of the Hyundai Motor Company, Chung Mong-koo, was fighting with his younger brother Chung Mong-hun over the company's management, he is said to have consulted a fortune-teller.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORTUNE-TELLER»

Discover the use of fortune-teller in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fortune-teller and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Fortune Teller and Dreamer's Dictionary

Learn to tell fortunes with dice and playing cards, divine the future from tea leaves, read palms, interpret dreams, and more with this little gem of occult knowledge from 1863.

Madame Le Marchand, 2005

A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East

A bestseller and major prizewinner in Italy, A Fortune-Teller Told Me is a powerful warning against the new missionaries of materialism. From the Hardcover edition.

Tiziano Terzani, 2010

The Fortune Teller's Kiss

This is the memoir of a Sephardic Jewish girl living among Ashkenazi neighbors in the Bronx.

Brenda Serotte, 2006

The Complete Fortune Teller

The desire to find guidance from the future has produced a bewildering variety of techniques, but they all have the same basic structures.

Marc Lemezma, 2006

The Cup of Destiny: A Traditional Fortune-Teller's Cup and ...

The first part of the book describes the ritual of turning the cup counter-clockwise and draining the left-over tea into the saucer.

Jane Lyle, 2007

Fortune Teller Miracle Fish

Cathryn Hankla. FORTUNE TELLER MIRACLE FISH STORIES BY CATHRYN HANKLA Michigan State University Press East Lansing Copyright © 2011 by Cathryn Hankla The paper used in. FORTUNE TELLER MIRACLE FISH.

Cathryn Hankla, 2012

The Gypsy Queen Dream Book and Fortune Teller

THE GYPSY QUEEN DREAM BOOK And FORTUNE TELLER By Madame Juno the Gypsy Queen. This fascinating book has been out of print for many years and is now very hard to find in early editions.

Madame Juno, 2008

The Fortune-Teller's Bible: The Definitive Guide to the Arts ...

A practical handbook designed to teach readers how to develop their divination skills looks at a wide variety of fortune-telling devices and techniques, including tarot, the I Ching, and scrying, and features skill-building exercises and ...

Jane Struthers, 2007

The Fortune Teller's Deck: Predict Your Future With Playing ...

It includes a unique, beautifully illustrated deck of 54 cards, and the accompanying book reveals detailed interpretations of all the 'pip' and 'court' cards, plus the joker.

Jane Lyle, 1996

The Fortune-Teller

The Fortune-Teller is Victor Sejour's retelling of Edgardo Mortara's removal from his home by the Bologna inquisitor. In Sejour's rendering, an infant girl Noemi is taken from her Jewish family after being baptized by a wet nurse.

Victor Sejour, 2006

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORTUNE-TELLER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fortune-teller is used in the context of the following news items.

Old play turns out to speak to modern problems

Cooper Shaw adds humor as the fortune-teller who lives downstairs, and Erin Kelley, gives a poised performance as a network executive. «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»

Book Reivew, Hank Greenberg Hero of Heroes

They also comforted themselves with humor, telling Henry Ford jokes like the one where a fortune-teller informs Ford that he will die on a ... «Twins Daily, Jul 15»

Karl Lagerfeld Realizes How Distinct His Look Is

But as my fortune-teller told me when I was young, she said: 'For you, it will really start when it's finished for the others.' It's quite true.”. «The Fashion Spot, Jul 15»

'Northern films are more realistic': Ricky Tomlinson talks up new …

Him Upstairs invites you into the world of Liverpool fortune-teller Margaret (nd her husband Frank as they live somewhere between Her Next ... «Mancunian Matters, Jul 15»

TITU TURNS FORTUNE-TELLER IN 'TU MERA HERO'

Priyanshu Jora who plays Titu in 'Tu Mera Hero' turns into an astrologist to mould Panchi's mind. Furious Panchi on the other hand is all set to leave Mathura to ... «FilmiBeat, Jun 15»

Man paid almost $700k to the fortune-teller – just to meet his dead love

It has been reported that the 32 year old unnamed man went to the 26 year old fortune-teller, Priscilla Kelly Delmaro, in the year 2013, to find a ... «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jun 15»