diviner

English

Alternative forms

• devynour (obsolete, rare)
• divinor (obsolete)
• divinour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

diviner (plural diviners)

1. One who foretells the future.
2. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Synonyms

• (one who foretells the future): foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
• (one who searches for underground water): water diviner

Derived terms

• diviner's sage
• water diviner

Related terms

• see divine

Anagrams

• drive-in

Translations

one who foretells the future

• German: Hellseher (de) m, Hellseherin (de) f

one who searches for underground water

• German: Rutengänger (de) m

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Latin

Verb

dīvīner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dīvīnō

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin dīvīnō.

Verb

diviner

1. to divine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diviner

		simple			compound
infinitive		diviner			avoir diviné
gerund		en divinant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		divinant
past participle		diviné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	divine	divines	divine	divinons	divinez	divinent
	imperfect	divinois, divinoys	divinois, divinoys	divinoit, divinoyt	divinions, divinyons	diviniez, divinyez	divinoient, divinoyent
	past historic	divina	divinas	divina	divinasmes	divinastes	divinerent
	future	divinerai, divineray	divineras	divinera	divinerons	divinerez	divineront
	conditional	divinerois, divineroys	divinerois, divineroys	divineroit, divineroyt	divinerions, divineryons	divineriez, divineryez	divineroient, divineroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	divine	divines	divine	divinons	divinez	divinent
	imperfect	divinasse	divinasses	divinast	divinassions	divinassiez	divinassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	divine	—	divinons	divinez	—

Related terms

• divination