TAROT
What does "TAROT" mean?
A deck of 78 illustrated cards used for games and for fortune-telling.
Meanings
- A pack of 78 cards, including 22 trumps (the Major Arcana), used for card games and, since the 18th century, for divination. She laid out the tarot in the shape of a cross.
- Any single card from such a deck. The Tower is one of the most striking tarots in the deck. informal
Did you know?
- Tarot began as an ordinary card game in 1400s Italy, much like bridge - its association with fortune-telling didn't appear until the 1780s, over 300 years later.
Word origin
From French 'tarot', from Italian 'tarocchi', a card game of uncertain origin first recorded in 15th-century northern Italy; the divinatory use came centuries later.
Remember it
TAROT keeps a silent final 'T' from its French spelling - it's pronounced like 'TARO'.
A little poem
She turns the card and reads not fate-
but the small flinch across her face,
the future she already chose.
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What it teaches
We don't read the cards; the cards just give us permission to read ourselves.
Quick facts
What does TAROT mean?
A deck of 78 illustrated cards used for games and for fortune-telling.
Is TAROT a valid word?
Yes — TAROT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TAROT?
TAROT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TAROT come from?
From French 'tarot', from Italian 'tarocchi', a card game of uncertain origin first recorded in 15th-century northern Italy; the divinatory use came centuries later.
What can TAROT teach us?
We don't read the cards; the cards just give us permission to read ourselves.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.