Dictionary

diviner en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dɪˈvɑɪnə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

Meanings

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of divine: more divine
   form of divine

Forms

diviner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /dɪˈvɑɪnə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

Meanings

1. One who foretells the future.
   • Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked 2020, Soilwork, “Death Diviner”, in A Whisp of the Atlantic:
2. One who divines or conjectures.
3. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Forms

Deriveds

water diviner · divineress · diviner's sage

Relateds

divine

Synonyms

foreteller (one who foretells the future) · water diviner (one who searches for underground water) · prophet (one who foretells the future) · soothsayer (one who foretells the future) · dowser (one who searches for underground water) · fortune-teller (one who foretells the future) · seer (one who foretells the future)

Translations (21)

mk јасно́видец (one who foretells the future) · es divinador (disused) (one who foretells the future) · ki mũragũri (one who foretells the future) · mk га́талец (one who foretells the future) · mas ɔl-aibóni (one who foretells the future) · da seer (one who foretells the future) · nl wichelaar (one who searches for underground water) · de Rutengänger (one who searches for underground water) · de Hellseher (one who foretells the future) · de Wahrsager (one who foretells the future) · de Hellseherin (one who foretells the future) · fo vatnvísari (one who searches for underground water) · ota فالجی (one who foretells the future) · grc μάντις (one who foretells the future) · bg гадател (one who foretells the future) · da spåmand (one who foretells the future) · de Rutengängerin (one who searches for underground water) · de Wünschelrutengängerin (one who searches for underground water) · nl waterwichelaar (one who searches for underground water) · de Wahrsagerin (one who foretells the future) · de Wünschelrutengänger (one who searches for underground water)