piromancia

See also: piromància

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• (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)

1. pyromancy

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)

1. pyromancy

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