"Wheel of Fortune" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/, /ˌʍiːl-/ (note: wine–whine merger), /ˌwil‿əv ˈfoɹt͡ʃun/ [General-American], /-t͡ʃən/ [General-American], /ˌʍil-/ [General-American] (note: wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Wheel of Fortune.wav Forms: wheel of Fortune [alternative], wheel of fortune [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t͡ʃuːn, -ɔː(ɹ)tʃən Etymology: From wheel + of + Fortune (“the Roman goddess Fortuna”), a calque of Latin rota Fortūnae (literally “Fortuna’s wheel”), from rota (“wheel”) + Fortūnae (the genitive dative singular of Fortūna (“the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck”)). Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|tarot}} sense 2.2, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|mythology}} sense 1, {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷelh₁-|*bʰer-}}, {{compound|en|wheel|of|Fortune|notext=1|t3=the Roman goddess Fortuna|type=exocentric}} wheel + of + Fortune (“the Roman goddess Fortuna”), {{calque|en|la|rota Fortūnae|lit=Fortuna’s wheel|nocap=1}} calque of Latin rota Fortūnae (literally “Fortuna’s wheel”), {{glossary|genitive}} genitive, {{glossary|dative}} dative, {{glossary|singular}} singular Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Wheel of Fortune}} Wheel of Fortune
  1. (mythology, philosophy) The mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable. Synonyms: rota Fortunae, wheel, Wheel of Providence Derived forms: wheel of fortune (english: gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally) Translations (mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna): عجلة الحظ (Arabic), Roda de la Fortuna [feminine] (Catalan), Rado de Fortuno (Esperanto), kohtalonpyörä (Finnish), Rota Fortunae (French), roue de la Fortune [feminine] (French), ბედის ბორბალი (bedis borbali) (Georgian), Glücksrad [neuter] (German), roth an tsaoil [masculine] (Irish), ruota della fortuna [feminine] (Italian), roda da Fortuna [feminine] (Portuguese), roata norocului [feminine] (Romanian), Rota Fortunae (Spanish), Rueda de la Fortuna [feminine] (Spanish), Lyckohjulet [neuter] (Swedish), gulong ng kapalaran (Tagalog), gulong ng palad (Tagalog), Çarkıfelek (Turkish), Колесо Фортуни (Koleso Fortuny) (Ukrainian), Колесо Долі (Koleso Doli) (Ukrainian), Olwyn Ffawd [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (by extension)
    (gambling) Synonym of Big Six wheel (“a game of chance consisting of a vertically mounted wheel divided into equal marked sectors; the winning sector is the one indicated by a pointer when the wheel stops turning”).
    Tags: broadly Synonyms: Big Six wheel [synonym, synonym-of]
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  3. (by extension)
    (tarot) A tarot card with an image of Fortuna's wheel (sense 1), generally the tenth of 22 trumps of the major arcana in most tarot decks.
    Tags: broadly Translations (tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel): la roda de la fortuna [feminine] (Catalan), 命運之輪 /命运之轮 (mìngyùn zhī lún) (Chinese Mandarin), kolo štěstí [neuter] (Czech), rad van fortuin [neuter] (Dutch), kohtalonpyörä (Finnish), onnenpyörä (Finnish), la roue de fortune [feminine] (French), ბედის ბორბალი (bedis borbali) (Georgian), Rad des Schicksals [neuter] (German), szerencsekerék (Hungarian), Roth Seama [masculine] (Irish), la ruota della fortuna [feminine] (Italian), 運命の輪 (Ummei no Wa) (alt: うんめいのわ) (Japanese), 운명의 수레바퀴 (unmyeong'ui surebakwi) (Korean), rota fortunae [feminine] (Latin), laimės ratas [masculine] (Lithuanian), koło fortuny [neuter] (Polish), a Roda da Fortuna [feminine] (Portuguese), roata norocului [feminine] (Romanian), колесо́ форту́ны (kolesó fortúny) [neuter] (Russian), kȍlo sreće [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), koleso šťastia [neuter] (Slovak), la rueda de la fortuna [feminine] (Spanish), lyckans hjul [neuter] (Swedish), lyckohjul [neuter] (Swedish), gulong ng kapalaran (Tagalog), Olwyn Ffawd [feminine] (Welsh)
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "عجلة الحظ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Roda de la Fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "Rado de Fortuno"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "kohtalonpyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "Rota Fortunae"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roue de la Fortune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "bedis borbali",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "ბედის ბორბალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Glücksrad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roth an tsaoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruota della fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roda da Fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roata norocului"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "Rota Fortunae"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rueda de la Fortuna"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Lyckohjulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "gulong ng kapalaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "gulong ng palad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "Çarkıfelek"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Koleso Fortuny",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "Колесо Фортуни"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Koleso Doli",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "word": "Колесо Долі"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Olwyn Ffawd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "la roda de la fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "mìngyùn zhī lún",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "命運之輪 /命运之轮"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kolo štěstí"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rad van fortuin"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "kohtalonpyörä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "onnenpyörä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "la roue de fortune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "bedis borbali",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "ბედის ბორბალი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rad des Schicksals"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "szerencsekerék"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Roth Seama"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "la ruota della fortuna"
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    {
      "alt": "うんめいのわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "roman": "Ummei no Wa",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "運命の輪"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "unmyeong'ui surebakwi",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "운명의 수레바퀴"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rota fortunae"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "laimės ratas"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koło fortuny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "a Roda da Fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roata norocului"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "kolesó fortúny",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "колесо́ форту́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "kȍlo sreće"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koleso šťastia"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "la rueda de la fortuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lyckans hjul"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lyckohjul"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "word": "gulong ng kapalaran"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "tarot card with an image of Fortuna’s wheel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Olwyn Ffawd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wheel of Fortune"
}

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