alectomancia
Spanish
Alternative forms
- (uncommon) alectomancía
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleɡtoˈmanθja/ [a.leɣ̞.t̪oˈmãn̟.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /aleɡtoˈmansja/ [a.leɣ̞.t̪oˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧lec‧to‧man‧cia
Noun
alectomancia f (uncountable)
- (uncommon) alectryomancy
Further reading
- “alectomancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025