"fortune-telling" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fortune-telling (uncountable)
  1. The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature. Wikipedia link: fortune-telling Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Occult Synonyms: fortunetelling, fortune telling Translations (fortunetelling, predicting one's future): عَرَافَة (ʕarāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), fal (Azerbaijani), ဗေဒင် (bedang) (Burmese), 占卜 (zhānbǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), aŭgurado (Esperanto), ennustamine (Estonian), ennustaminen (Finnish), bonne aventure [feminine] (French), მკითხაობა (mḳitxaoba) (Georgian), Wahrsagen [neuter] (German), Wahrsagerei [feminine] (German), haɗɗī̀ [masculine] (Hausa), divinazione [feminine] (Italian), 占い (uranai) (alt: うらない) (Japanese), hariolatio [feminine] (Latin), adivinhação [feminine] (Portuguese), prezicere (Romanian), гада́ние (gadánije) [neuter] (Russian), ворожба́ (vorožbá) [feminine] (Russian), spådom (Swedish), సోదె (sōde) (Telugu), fal (Turkish), bói (Vietnamese), bói toán (Vietnamese), büosag (Volapük), büosagam (Volapük), darogan (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fortune-telling-en-noun-~K7Qf5tO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Georgian terms with redundant script codes, Hausa links with redundant target parameters, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hausa translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Related terms: alectromancy, astrology, astromancy, augury, bibliomancy, cartomancy, ceromancy, cheiromancy, chronomancy, clairvoyance, cold reading, crystallomancy, extispicy, face reading, feng shui, gastromancy, geomancy, haruspicy, horary astrology, hydromancy, I Ching divination, kau cim sticks, lithomancy, necromancy, numerology, oneiromancy, onomancy, palmistry, paper fortune teller, pendulum reading, pyromancy, rhabdomancy, runecasting, runic divination, scrying, ouija board, planchette, taromancy, tasseography, tasseomancy, ventriloquism

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      "word": "divinazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うらない",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uranai",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "占い"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hariolatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adivinhação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "prezicere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gadánije",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "гада́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vorožbá",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ворожба́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "spådom"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sōde",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "సోదె"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "fal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "bói"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "bói toán"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "büosag"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "büosagam"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fortunetelling, predicting one's future",
      "word": "darogan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fortune-telling"
}

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