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fortune teller

/ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˌtɛlə/US/ˈfoɹt͡ʃən ˌtɛlɚ/

fortune teller noun: a person who professes to predict the future in return for money.

fortune teller: a person who professes to predict the future in return for money
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Noun

fortune teller (plural fortune tellers)

  1. 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.
    • So I guess the fortune teller's right / I should've seen just what was there1997, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley, “Torn”, in Left of the Middle, performed by Natalie Imbruglia
  2. 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

fortune teller meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

fortune teller in Hindi

person who professes to predict the future in return for money
भविष्यवक्ता bhaviṣyavaktā, ज्योतिषी jyotiṣī

fortune teller in Tamil

குறி சொல்பவர், வருவதுரைப்போர்

fortune teller in Urdu

person who professes to predict the future in return for money
کَہَنے والا kahane vālā

fortune teller in Malayalam

crystal-gazer, clairvoyant, psychic
ഭാഗ്യം പറയുന്നവൻ, മധുഹാ, മധുഹാവ്, ഫലപ്രവാചകൻ, സാമുദ്രികൻ, ഭാവിപറയുന്നയാൾ
More languagesFewer languages
fortune teller in Kannada
ಭವಿಷ್ಯವಾದಿ, ದೈವಜ್ಞ, ಕಣಿಗಾರ
fortune teller in Sanskrit
ज्ञानिन् jñānin
fortune teller in Arabic
عَرَّاف ʕarrāf, عَرَّافَة ʕarrāfa, كَاهِن kāhin, كَاهِنَة kāhina
fortune teller in Vietnamese
thầy bói

Forms of fortune teller

pluralfortune tellers
alternative formfortune-teller
alternative formfortuneteller

Words formed from fortune teller

Questions about fortune teller

What does fortune teller mean?
Fortune teller means a person who professes to predict the future in return for money.
What is fortune teller in Hindi?
Fortune teller in Hindi is भविष्यवक्ता (bhaviṣyavaktā), ज्योतिषी (jyotiṣī). See Fortune teller meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fortune teller?
Fortune teller is a noun.
How do you pronounce fortune teller?
Fortune teller is pronounced /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn ˌtɛlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fortune teller?
The plural of fortune teller is fortune tellers.

Words near fortune teller in the dictionary

  1. fortune hunting
  2. fortune seeker
  3. fortune seekers
  4. fortune stick
  5. fortune sticks
  6. fortune teller
  7. fortune tellers
  8. fortune telling
  9. fortune-hunter
  10. fortune-hunters
  11. fortune-seeker

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fortune teller (page history and authors); fortune teller (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fortune teller (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fortune teller (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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