necromancia

See also: necromancía

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛ.kɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• (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)

1. necromancy (divination involving the dead)

   Synonym: nigromancia

2. 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

• necromancía, nigromancia, nigromancía

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)

1. necromancy

Related terms

• nigromántico

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