English
Etymology
fortune teller
Noun
fortuneteller (plural fortunetellers
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 .
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 )
Azerbaijani: falçı
Bashkir: күрәҙә ( kürəźə ) , күрәҙәсе ( kürəźəse )
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
Hebrew: מַגִּיד עֲתִידוֹת (he) m ( magíd 'atidót ) , מַגֶּדֶת עֲתִידוֹת f ( magédet 'atidót )
Hungarian: jós (hu) m jósnő (hu) f jövendőmondó (hu) c
Icelandic: ( ♂ ) spámaður m ( ♀ ) spákona f
Italian: lettore della mano m
Japanese: 占い師 (ja) ( うらないし, uranaishi )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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