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tarot

tarot

39 9.3
A set of seventy-eight decorated cards used to tell the future or play some card games
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛrəʊ/
translation icon : tarot
  • Narrator 2: Jose picks up his deck of tarot cards and flips the top card over.
  • tarot cards
  • tarot deck

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Examples

  • The first card the tarot reader pulled out was The Empress.

  • I usually make some money reading tarot.

  • If you want to have fun with it, read tarot cards.

  • Did you lose your tarot cards?

  • Did you bring your Tarot cards?

  • You might want to check those tarot cards one more time.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • She was into tarot cards before she could read.

  • I happen to prefer tarot cards because they're more reliable.

  • Her interests range from reading tarot cards to participating in a women's writing circle.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Many people enjoy reading tarot cards to gain insight into their lives.

Compounds

18 7.6

A card with pictures and symbols used to tell the future or play special card games

Surface Forms

tarot singular
tarots plural

Etymology

Tarot comes from the Italian name tarocchi, which meant 'a special set of playing cards'. These Italian cards had strong pictures and were used for games at first and later for fortune-telling, so tarot now means the deck of picture cards people use to predict the future.