Fortunetelling — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɔːɹtʃʊnˌɛɾəlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɔːtʃuːntəlɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɔːtʃuːntəlɪŋ/

5 syllables Say it as /fˈɔːɹtʃʊnˌɛɾəlɪŋ/.

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wahrsagen

die Praxis, die Zukunft von Menschen vorherzusagen (normalerweise gegen Bezahlung)

🇫🇷French

divination

la pratique consistant à prédire l'avenir des gens (généralement contre paiement)

🇪🇸Spanish

adivinación

la práctica de predecir el futuro de las personas (generalmente a cambio de un pago)

🇮🇹Italian

predizione del futuro

la pratica di prevedere il futuro delle persone (di solito a pagamento)

🇳🇱Dutch

waarzeggerij

de praktijk van het voorspellen van de toekomst van mensen (meestal tegen betaling)

🇵🇹Portuguese

adivinhação

a prática de prever o futuro das pessoas (geralmente mediante pagamento)

🇷🇺Russian

гадание

практика предсказания будущего людей (обычно за плату)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भविष्य कथन

लोगों के भविष्य की भविष्यवाणी करने की प्रथा (आमतौर पर भुगतान के लिए)

🇧🇩Bengali

ভাগ্যবানী

মানুষের ভবিষ্যতের পূর্বাভাস দেওয়ার অভ্যাস (সাধারণত অর্থ প্রদানের জন্য)

🇮🇳Tamil

அதிர்ஷ்டம்

மக்களின் எதிர்காலத்தை கணிக்கும் நடைமுறை (பொதுவாக பணம் செலுத்துவதற்காக)

🇮🇳Telugu

అదృష్టం చెప్పడం

ప్రజల భవిష్యత్తును అంచనా వేసే పద్ధతి (సాధారణంగా చెల్లింపు కోసం)

🇮🇳Marathi

भविष्य सांगणे

लोकांच्या भविष्याचा अंदाज लावण्याची प्रथा (सामान्यतः पेमेंटसाठी)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભવિષ્યકથન

લોકોના ભવિષ્યની આગાહી કરવાની પ્રથા (સામાન્ય રીતે ચુકવણી માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಹೇಳುವುದು

ಜನರ ಭವಿಷ್ಯವನ್ನು ಊಹಿಸುವ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಪಾವತಿಗಾಗಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭാഗ്യം പറയൽ

ആളുകളുടെ ഭാവി പ്രവചിക്കുന്ന രീതി (സാധാരണയായി പേയ്‌മെൻ്റിനായി)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ

ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਦੀ ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਅਭਿਆਸ (ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਭੁਗਤਾਨ ਲਈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

خوش قسمتی

لوگوں کے مستقبل کی پیشن گوئی کرنے کی مشق (عام طور پر ادائیگی کے لیے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

算命

预测人们未来的做法（通常是为了付款）

🇯🇵Japanese

占い

人々の将来を予測する行為（通常は支払いのため）

🇰🇷Korean

점술

사람들의 미래를 예측하는 관행(보통 지불을 위해)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bói toán

thực hành dự đoán tương lai của mọi người (thường là để thanh toán)

🇹🇭Thai

ดูดวง

การทำนายอนาคตของผู้คน (โดยปกติจะเป็นการจ่ายเงิน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

meramal

praktik memprediksi masa depan masyarakat (biasanya untuk pembayaran)

🇵🇭Filipino

panghuhula

ang kasanayan ng paghula sa mga kinabukasan ng mga tao (karaniwan ay para sa pagbabayad)

🇲🇾Malay

meramal nasib

amalan meramal masa depan rakyat (biasanya untuk pembayaran)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الكهانة

ممارسة التنبؤ بمستقبل الناس (عادة مقابل الدفع)

🇮🇷Persian

فال گیری

تمرین پیش‌بینی آینده افراد (معمولاً برای پرداخت)

🇹🇷Turkish

falcılık

insanların geleceklerini tahmin etme uygulaması (genellikle ödeme için)

🇮🇱Hebrew

חיזוי עתידות

הפרקטיקה של חיזוי עתידם של אנשים (בדרך כלל תמורת תשלום)

Test Yourself1 / 3

What is the primary definition of the word 'fortunetelling'?

The primary meaning of 'fortunetelling' is 'the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'fortunetelling' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'fortunetelling' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'fortunetelling' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'fortunetelling' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

Community Poll1 / 6

How often do you encounter the word 'fortunetelling' in your daily reading?

Very Often

Occasionally

Rarely

Never

Do you find 'fortunetelling' easy to spell?

Yes, very easy

Somewhat easy

A bit confusing

Extremely hard

In your opinion, does the word 'fortunetelling' have a positive, neutral, or gloomy tone?

Positive

Neutral

Gloomy

Vibrant

Which age group is most likely to use 'fortunetelling' in regular conversations?

Kids (3-12)

Teens (13-19)

Adults (20-60)

Seniors (60+)

How likely are you to use 'fortunetelling' in a professional email?

Very likely

Somewhat likely

Not very likely

Never

Would you classify 'fortunetelling' as formal, casual, or slang?

Formal

Casual

Slang

Archaic

Pick an option to see how others voted