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tarot

  • /ˈtæ.ɹəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/ US
  • /ˈtɛ(ə).ɹoʊ/
  • /ˈtæ.ɹɔt/ New Zealand, rare

Sounds like taro · Rhymes with -æɹəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French tarot, from Italian tarocco. Compare tarok, German Tarock.

noun tarots

  1. countable, plural, singular, uncountable A card game played in various different variations. 1987, Hans Hahn, “Logic, Mathematics, and Knowledge,” in Unified Science, Brian McGuiness ed. […] it is not that I cannot convince him, but that I must refuse to go on talking with him, just as I shall refuse to go on playing tarot with a partner who insists on taking my fool with the moon.
  2. countable, uncountable Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: game, play, taro, tarok, taroc, card, card game, cardgame, pagat, deck, tableau, trump, quodlibet, cards, casino, court card

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noun individual card

日本語タロット tarotto, タロットカード tarottokādo
中文塔羅牌 /塔罗牌 tǎluó pái, 塔羅卡 /塔罗卡 tǎluó kǎ
Françaiscarte de tarot, tarot
DeutschTarotkarte
Ελληνικάταρό taró
Русскийка́рта таро́ kárta taró, таро́ taró

noun card game

한국어타로 taro
日本語タロット tarotto
中文塔羅牌 /塔罗牌 tǎluó pái, 塔羅 /塔罗 tǎluó, 意大利紙牌 /意大利纸牌 Yìdàlì zhǐpái
हिन्दीटैरो ṭairo
Portuguêstarô
Françaistarot
DeutschTarot
Italianotarocco
Ελληνικάταρό taró
Русскийтаро́ taró

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"tarot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tarot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tarot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tarot

Chicago

"tarot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tarot.

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@misc{tarot_2026,
  title = {tarot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tarot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}