quiroscopia

Portuguese

Etymology

From quiro- +‎ -scopia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾos.koˈpi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾoʃ.koˈpi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾos.koˈpi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾuʃ.kuˈpi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: qui‧ros‧co‧pi‧a

Noun

quiroscopia f (plural quiroscopias)

palm reading; palmistry
Synonym: quiromancia

Derived terms

quiroscópico

Further reading

“quiroscopia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“quiroscopia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026