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)
Further reading
- “necromancia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “necromancia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
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): /nekɾoˈmanθja/ [ne.kɾoˈmãn̟.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /nekɾoˈmansja/ [ne.kɾoˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ne‧cro‧man‧cia
Noun
necromancia f (uncountable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “necromancia”, 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