Deviner (en. Guess)

/də.vi.ne/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To find an answer or solution without obvious evidence.

Can you guess what my favorite dish is?

Peux-tu deviner quel est mon plat préféré ?

To glimpse or sense something hidden.

She guessed his intentions right from the start.

Elle a deviné ses intentions dès le départ.

To predict a future event.

He is trying to guess what will happen during the match.

Il essaie de deviner ce qui va se passer lors du match.

The word 'deviner' comes from the Latin 'divinare', which means 'to foresee' or 'to predict'.

guess in advance

To foresee something before it happens.

deviner à l'avance

guess someone's thoughts

To try to understand what someone is thinking without them saying it clearly.

deviner les pensées

guess correctly

To be right by assuming something.

deviner juste

fortune teller

Person who predicts future events.

devin

divination

Practice of predicting the future.

divination

intuition

Ability to understand or know something without explicit reasoning.

intuition

To guess in an imaginative or creative way.

She guessed the movie's subject in a completely original way.

Elle a deviné le sujet du film de manière totalement inédite.

To make a quick guess without thinking.

He guessed right away out of the blue.

Il a deviné tout de suite à l'aveugle.