tarot
pronunciation
How to pronounce tarot in British English:
UK [ˈtærəʊ]
How to pronounce tarot in American English:
US [ˈtæroʊ]
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- Noun:
- any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
Word Origin
- tarot (n.)
- 1590s, from French tarot (16c.), from Old Italian tarocchi (plural), of unknown origin, perhaps from Arabic taraha "he rejected, put aside." The deck first was used in Italy 14c., as playing cards as well as for fortune-telling. The tarots, strictly speaking, are the 22 figured cards added to the 56-card suits pack.
Example
- 1. But henry banks is the tarot card serial killer .
- 2. There are fortune telling cards such as tarot cards , author cards , and book cards .
- 3. He sat cross-legged on the floor laying out tarot cards .
- 4. I read tarot cards these days .
- 5. Tarot readings and other garbage .