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- [tar-oh, ta-roh]
- /ˈtær oʊ, tæˈroʊ/
- /ˈtær.əʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tar-oh, ta-roh]
- /ˈtær oʊ, tæˈroʊ/
Definitions of tarot word
- noun tarot any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok. 1
- noun tarot fortune-telling cards 1
- uncountable noun tarot The Tarot is a pack of cards with pictures on them that is used to predict what will happen to people in the future. Tarot is also used to refer to the system of predicting people's futures using these cards. 0
- noun tarot one of a special pack of cards, now used mainly for fortune-telling, consisting of 78 cards (4 suits of 14 cards each (the minor arcana), and 22 other cards (the major arcana)) 0
- noun tarot a card in a tarot pack with distinctive symbolic design, such as the Wheel of Fortune 0
- adjective tarot relating to tarot cards 0
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Origin of tarot
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; back formation from taros (plural) < Middle French < Italian tarocchi, plural of tarocco
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Parts of speech for Tarot
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tarot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tarot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with tarot
- how to read tarot cards?
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- where to buy tarot cards?
- what tarot card are you?
- how many cards in a tarot deck?
- how to lay out tarot cards?
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- what tarot card am i?
- what does the bible say about tarot cards?
- how to read tarot?
- how to do a tarot reading?