necromancia

See also: necromancía

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛ.kɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛ.kɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛ.kɾɔ.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: ne‧cro‧man‧ci‧a

Noun

necromancia f (plural necromancias)

necromancy (divination involving the dead)
Synonym: nigromancia
necromancy (sorcery involving reanimating the dead)

Spanish

Alternative forms

necromancía, nigromancia, nigromancía

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin necromantīa, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), from νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”); corresponding to necro- +‎ -mancia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /nekɾoˈmanθja/ [ne.kɾoˈmãn̟.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /nekɾoˈmansja/ [ne.kɾoˈmãn.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -anθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ansja
Syllabification: ne‧cro‧man‧cia

Noun

necromancia f (uncountable)

necromancy

Related terms

nigromántico

Further reading

“necromancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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