French Conversation · Level 80
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French word
divinatoire
Pronunciation
IPA/divinatwaʁ/
Meaning
- adjectivefortune-telling
Example
Elle utilise un outil divinatoire.
She uses a fortune-telling tool.
More examples
Il a consulté un médium divinatoire pour connaître son avenir.
He consulted a divinatory medium to find out his future.
Core concept
A method or object presented as a means of revealing what the future holds.
Similar words
magique: Involving magic or the influence of supernatural forces.
divin: Associated with a deity or with sacred religious matters.
Definition in French
Qui se rapporte à la divination, aux méthodes ou aux objets employés pour prédire l'avenir.
Word origin
French divinatoire comes from Latin divinare, "to foretell," related to divinus, "divine," with the suffix -atoire.
Usage tips
- Divinatoire is relatively formal and often appears in phrases such as "art divinatoire" or "pratiques divinatoires," while everyday speech often names the specific practice.
Other meanings
- propheticadjective
Opposites
- rationnelrationaladjective
Related words
- divinationdivinationnoun
- divinateurfortune-tellernoun