piromancia
See also: piromància
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ɾu.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: pi‧ro‧man‧ci‧a
Noun
piromancia f (plural piromancias)
Further reading
- “piromancia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “piromancia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “piromancia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- (uncommon) piromancía
Etymology
From Late Latin pyromantīa, from Ancient Greek πυρομαντεία (puromanteía), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr), πῠρός (pŭrós). Equivalent to piro- + -mancia.
Noun
piromancia f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “piromancia”, 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