uromancia
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.ɾu.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: u‧ro‧man‧ci‧a
Noun
uromancia f (plural uromancias)
- (archaic) uromancy (diagnosis obtained by analyzing the patient's urine)
Further reading
- “uromancia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- (uncommon) uromancía
Etymology
From New Latin uromantia, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). Equivalent to uro- + -mancia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɾoˈmanθja/ [u.ɾoˈmãn̟.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /uɾoˈmansja/ [u.ɾoˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: u‧ro‧man‧cia
Noun
uromancia f (uncountable)
- (uncommon) uromancy
Further reading
- “uromancia”, 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