Meanings
nounfortune teller (plural fortune tellers)
plural fortune tellers · alternative fortune-teller · alternative fortuneteller
- A person who professes to predict the future in return for money.
"Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you your fortune," said the fortune teller.
1 more example
So I guess the fortune teller's right / I should've seen just what was there
1997, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley, “Torn”, in Left of the Middle, performed by Natalie Imbruglia - A cootie catcher.
The usual exchange between English children is as follows: A: Who do you love? (referring to one of the names on the fortune-teller) B: Simon. A: S-I-M-O-N (alternately opens and shuts the device as he or she says each letter).
2006, Andrew Wright, David Betteridge, Michael Buckby, Games for Language Learning, page 137
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who foretells your personal future
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Translations
Afrikaans fortuinverteller, toekomsverteller
- fortuinvertellerperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- toekomsvertellerperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Arabic عَرَّاف, عَرَّافَة
- عَرَّاف (ʕarrāf)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- عَرَّافَة (ʕarrāfa)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- كَاهِن (kāhin)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- كَاهِنَة (kāhina)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Bulgarian врачка, врач
- врачка (vračka)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- врач (vrač)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Catalan endeví, endevina
- endevíperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- endevinaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Chinese Mandarin 算命家, 擇日館 /择日馆
- 算命家 (suànmìngjiā)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- 擇日館 /择日馆 (zháirìguǎn)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Czech věštec, věštkyně
- věštecperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- věštkyněperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Danish spåmand, spåkone
- spåmandperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- spåkoneperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- spåkvindeperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Dutch wichelaar, wichelaarster
- wichelaarperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- wichelaarsterperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- waarzeggerperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- waarzegsterperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Esperanto aŭguradisto, aŭguradistino
- aŭguradistoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- aŭguradistinoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- aŭguristoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- divenistoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Estonian ennustaja
- ennustajaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Finnish ennustaja, povari
- ennustajaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- povariperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
French diseur de bonne aventure, diseuse de bonne aventure
- diseur de bonne aventureperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- diseuse de bonne aventureperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
German Wahrsager, Wahrsagerin
- Wahrsagerperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- Wahrsagerinperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Greek χαρτομάντης, χαρτομάντισσα
- χαρτομάντης (chartomántis)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- χαρτομάντισσα (chartomántissa)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- μάντης (mántis)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- μάντισσα (mántissa)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- χειρομάντισσα (cheiromántissa)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- χειρομάντης (cheiromántis)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Hebrew מַגִּיד עֲתִידוֹת, מַגֶּדֶת עֲתִידוֹת
- מַגִּיד עֲתִידוֹת (magíd 'atidót)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- מַגֶּדֶת עֲתִידוֹת (magédet 'atidót)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Hindi भविष्यवक्ता, ज्योतिषी
- भविष्यवक्ता (bhaviṣyavaktā)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- ज्योतिषी (jyotiṣī)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Hungarian jós, jósnő
- jósperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- jósnőperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- jövendőmondóperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Icelandic spámaður, spákona
- spámaðurperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- spákonaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Irish bean feasa
- bean feasaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Italian indovina, indovino
- indovinaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- indovinoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- divinatoreperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- divinatriceperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- vateperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Japanese 占い師
- 占い師 (uranaishi)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Korean 점쟁이
- 점쟁이 (jeomjaeng'i)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Latin hariolus, hariola
- hariolusperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- hariolaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Latvian pareģis, pareģe
- pareģisperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- pareģeperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Lithuanian pranašas, pranašautojas
- pranašasperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- pranašautojasperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Norwegian Bokmål spåmann, spåkone
- spåmannperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- spåkoneperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Polish wróżbiarz, wróżbiarka
- wróżbiarzperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- wróżbiarkaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- wróżperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- wróżkaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- wróżbitaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- wróżbitkaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- jasnowidzperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- jasnowidzkaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- jasnowidzącyperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- jasnowidzącaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Portuguese cartomante, adivinho
- cartomanteperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- adivinhoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Romanian ghicitor, ghicitoare
- ghicitorperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- ghicitoareperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Russian гада́лка, прорица́тель
- гада́лка (gadálka)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- прорица́тель (proricátelʹ)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- прорица́тельница (proricátelʹnica)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- предсказа́тель (predskazátelʹ)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- предсказа́тельница (predskazátelʹnica)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- вещу́н (veščún)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- вещу́нья (veščúnʹja)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Slovak veštec, veštkyňa
- veštecperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- veštkyňaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Spanish adivino, adivina
- adivinoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- adivinaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- pitonisoperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- agoreroperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- vaticinadorperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- vateperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Swedish spåman, spåkvinna
- spåmanperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- spåkvinnaperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Turkish falcı, kâhin
- falcıperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
- kâhinperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
Ukrainian воро́жка, ворожби́тка
- воро́жка (voróžka)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- ворожби́тка (vorožbýtka)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- ворожби́т (vorožbýt)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
- ворожі́й (vorožíj)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Urdu کَہَنے والا
- کَہَنے والا (kahane vālā)person who professes to predict the future in return for money
Vietnamese thầy bói
- thầy bóiperson who professes to predict the future in return for money
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