tarot
/ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "1996, Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0140445803&id=lRbXDsA9u4AC&pg=PA333&lpg=PA333&sig=s0cNY_83AgaK_TWOEA1qpv95tuQ They took me to her and then we all came back to the portal, where we started playing tarot. As we were engrossed in this game, which requires quite a lot of attention, a well-dressed man appeared and seemed to examine us all closely, first one then another."
- "2001, Donald Davidson, Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0199246297&id=hGm9Dj5OmF8C&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&sig=rjtFvOxVBgk1cro3fLQ5bLn9Eqw In explaining what it is to play tarot we could not leave out of account the rules that define the game; […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: tarot, tarocco
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/
- British English: /ˈtæ.ɹəʊ/