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tarot

Pronunciation: /ˈtarəʊ/

Definition of tarot

noun

[mass noun] (the Tarot)
  • playing cards, traditionally a pack of 78 with five suits, used for fortune-telling and (especially in Europe) in certain games. The suits are typically swords, cups, coins (or pentacles), batons (or wands), and a permanent suit of trumps: tarot is a powerful way of revealing the truth about your life
  • a card game played with tarot cards.
  • [count noun] a card from a pack of tarot cards.

Origin:

late 16th century: from French, from Italian tarocchi, of unknown origin

tarot in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of tarot in the US English dictionary