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divination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
  3. (countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

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Deriveds

dice divination · runic divination · star divination

Hyponyms

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Relateds

predivination · divinatory · Methods of divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia · divine

Synonyms

divination

Translations (73)

ee afakaka (act of divining) · cmn 占卜術 (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · hu jövendölés (indication of future, prediction) · la dīvīnātiō (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · fr divination (act of divining) · ro divinație (act of divining) · el μαντεία (act of divining) · tr önbili (act of divining) · grc μαντεία (act of divining) · mi niu (act of divining) · grc μαντική (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · es divinación (act of divining) · cs věštba (act of divining) · bg прогноза (indication of future, prediction) · gl adivinación (act of divining) · tr kehanet (act of divining) · ru ворожба́ (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · id ramal (act of divining) · cmn 預兆 /预兆 (indication of future, prediction) · es divinación (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · cmn 預知術 /预知术 (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ru предсказа́ние (indication of future, prediction) · fi selvännäkeminen (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · hu jövendölés (act of divining) · ko(act of divining) · es adivinación (act of divining) · ota كبزه (act of divining) · fi kaivonkatsominen (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · hu jövendölés (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · cmn 預示 /预示 (indication of future, prediction) · pt adivinhação (act of divining) · ru предви́дение (act of divining) · mi niu (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · el μαντική (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · sw ramli (act of divining) · cs věštění (act of divining) · ca endevinació (act of divining) · ru предсказа́ние (act of divining) · cmn 占卜 (act of divining) · it divinazione (act of divining) · pl wróżba (act of divining) · ota فال (act of divining) · it oracolo (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · cmn 卜筮 (act of divining) · mi rata (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · cmn 預言 /预言 (act of divining) · grc μαντεία (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ko 복점 (act of divining) · la dīvīnātiō (act of divining) · de Wahrsagerei (act of divining) · fi ennustaminen (act of divining) · bg врачуване (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ga fáistine (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ota كبزه (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ga fáistine (act of divining) · el μαντεία (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · bg гадаене (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · es videncia (act of divining) · bg предсказване (act of divining) · sw ramli (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · fi ennustus (indication of future, prediction) · ja 占い (act of divining) · es videncia (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ru прорица́ние (act of divining) · it divinazione (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · ru прогно́з (indication of future, prediction) · ru гада́ние (art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means) · pt divinação (act of divining) · cmn 卜卦 (act of divining) · id tenung (act of divining) · pl wróżenie (act of divining) · el προφητεία (indication of future, prediction) · de Wahrsagen (act of divining)