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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ta•rot /ˈtæroʊ, tæˈroʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Gamesany of a set of 22 playing cards used for fortune-telling.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ta•rot (tar′ō, ta rō′),USA pronunciation n. - Gamesany of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Italian tarocchi, plural of tarocco
- Middle French
- back formation from taros (plural) 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tarot /ˈtærəʊ/ n - 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))
- a card in a tarot pack with distinctive symbolic design, such as the Wheel of Fortune
adj - relating to tarot cards
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Old Italian tarocco, of unknown origin |