onicomancia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) onicomancía

Etymology

From New Latin onychomantia, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), ὄνῠχος (ónŭkhos) + -mancia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onikoˈmanθja/ [o.ni.koˈmãn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /onikoˈmansja/ [o.ni.koˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: o‧ni‧co‧man‧cia

Noun

onicomancia f (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) onychomancy

Further reading

• “onicomancia”, 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