fortuneteller

fortuneteller

See also: fortune-teller and fortune teller

English

Alternative forms

• fortune teller

Etymology

fortune +‎ teller

Noun

fortuneteller (plural fortunetellers)

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 fortuneteller.

2. A cootie catcher.
   • 2006, Andrew Wright, ‎David Betteridge, ‎Michael Buckby, Games for Language Learning (page 137)

     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).

Translations

person who professes to predict the future in return for money

Armenian: գուշակ (hy) (gušak) Bashkir: күрәҙә (küräðä), күрәҙәсе (küräðäse) Chinese: Mandarin: 算命家 (zh) (suànmìngjiā) Dutch: wichelaar (nl) m, wichelaarster (nl) f, waarzegger (nl) m Esperanto: aŭguradisto, aŭguradistino Finnish: ennustaja (fi), povari (fi) French: diseur de bonne aventure (fr) m, diseuse de bonne aventure (fr) f Galician: vidente m or f Georgian: მკითხავი (mḳitxavi) German: Wahrsager (de) m, Wahrsagerin (de) f Hungarian: jós (hu) m, jósnő (hu) f, jövendőmondó (hu) c Icelandic: (♂) spámaður m, (♀) spákona f Italian: lettore della mano m Japanese: 占い師 (うらないし, uranaishi)

Latin: hariolus m, hariola f Norman: dîs'resse f, d'vîn m Polish: wróżbiarz (pl) m, wróżka (pl) f Portuguese: cartomante (pt) m or f Romanian: ghicitor (ro) m, ghicitoare (ro) f Russian: (♀ only) гада́лка (ru) f (gadálka), прорица́тель (ru) m (proricátelʹ), прорицательница (ru) f (proricatelʹnica) Scots: (♂) spaeman, weirdman; (♀) spaewife, weirdwife Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гатар m, гатара f, врач m, врачара f Roman: gatar (sh) m, gatara (sh) f, vrač (sh) m, vračara (sh) f Spanish: vidente (es) m or f, adivino (es) m, adivina (es) f Turkish: falcı (tr) Volapük: (♂♀) büosagan (vo), (♂) hibüosagan, (♀) jibüosagan (vo) West Frisian: wikker c

cootie catcher — see cootie catcher