cartomancy

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/ˈkɑɹtəˌmænsi/

noun

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

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Meanings

nouncartomancy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

    These travelling magicians [...] rarely penetrated more deeply into magic than cartomancy, palmistry and the like.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 91

Origin

From carto- + -mancy.

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Translations

Catalan cartomància
  • cartomànciafortune-telling using cards
Chinese Mandarin 紙牌卜卦 /纸牌卜卦, 紙牌占卜
  • 紙牌卜卦 /纸牌卜卦 (zhǐpái bǔguà)fortune-telling using cards
  • 紙牌占卜 (zhǐpái zhānbǔ)fortune-telling using cards
Dutch kaartleggen, cartomancie
  • kaartleggenfortune-telling using cards
  • cartomanciefortune-telling using cards
Finnish korteista ennustaminen
  • korteista ennustaminenfortune-telling using cards
French cartomancie
  • cartomanciefortune-telling using cards
German Kartenlegen, aus den Karten lesen.
  • Kartenlegenfortune-telling using cards
  • aus den Karten lesen.fortune-telling using cards
Greek χαρτομαντεία
  • χαρτομαντεία (chartomanteía)fortune-telling using cards
Hungarian kártyavetés, kártyajóslás
  • kártyavetésfortune-telling using cards
  • kártyajóslásfortune-telling using cards
Italian cartomanzia
  • cartomanziafortune-telling using cards
Japanese トランプ占い
  • トランプ占い (toranpu uranai)fortune-telling using cards
Polish kartomancja
  • kartomancjafortune-telling using cards
Portuguese cartomancia
  • cartomanciafortune-telling using cards
Romanian cartomanție
  • cartomanțiefortune-telling using cards
Russian гада́ние на ка́ртах
  • гада́ние на ка́ртах (gadánije na kártax)fortune-telling using cards
Spanish cartomancia
  • cartomanciafortune-telling using cards
Swedish spå i kort
  • spå i kortfortune-telling using cards
Vietnamese phép bói bài
  • phép bói bàifortune-telling using cards
Cite this entry
APA

cartomancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartomancy

MLA

“cartomancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartomancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartomancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartomancy.

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