Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diviner

/dɪˈvaɪnɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: di-vin-er
IPA: /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who foretells the future.

noun

One who divines or conjectures.

noun

One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

adj

comparative form of divine: more divine

Example Sentences

"Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked"

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: divinour, dīvīnātor
Suffix: divine

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/
British English: /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

diviners (plural) devynour (alternative) divinour (alternative) divinor (alternative)

Derived Forms

divineress

Phrases

diviner's sage water diviner

Frequently Paired Words

divine

Synonyms

foreteller fortune-teller prophet seer soothsayer water diviner dowser

Rhymes With

minor designer liner miner diner finer steiner reiner signer shiner niner aligner

Questions

How do you pronounce diviner?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈvaɪnɚ/.
What does diviner mean?: One who foretells the future.
Where does diviner come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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