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cartomancy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkɑɹtəˌmænsi/
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noun

Meaning 1

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From carto- + -mancy.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cartomància — fortune-telling using cards
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紙牌卜卦 /纸牌卜卦 (zhǐpái bǔguà) — fortune-telling using cards
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紙牌占卜 (zhǐpái zhānbǔ) — fortune-telling using cards
  • Dutch: kaartleggen — fortune-telling using cards
  • Dutch: cartomancie — fortune-telling using cards
  • Finnish: korteista ennustaminen — fortune-telling using cards
  • French: cartomancie — fortune-telling using cards
  • Galician: cartomancia — fortune-telling using cards
  • German: Kartenlegen — fortune-telling using cards
  • German: aus den Karten lesen. — fortune-telling using cards
  • Greek: χαρτομαντεία (chartomanteía) — fortune-telling using cards
  • Hungarian: kártyavetés — fortune-telling using cards
  • Hungarian: kártyajóslás — fortune-telling using cards
  • Ido: kartomancio — fortune-telling using cards
  • Italian: cartomanzia — fortune-telling using cards
  • Japanese: トランプ占い (toranpu uranai) — fortune-telling using cards
  • Maltese: kartomanzija — fortune-telling using cards
  • Polish: kartomancja — fortune-telling using cards
  • Portuguese: cartomancia — fortune-telling using cards
  • Romanian: cartomanție — fortune-telling using cards
  • Russian: гада́ние на ка́ртах (gadánije na kártax) — fortune-telling using cards
  • Spanish: cartomancia — fortune-telling using cards
  • Swedish: spå i kort — fortune-telling using cards
  • Vietnamese: phép bói bài — fortune-telling using cards