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 Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) piromancía

Etymology

From Late Latin pyromantīa, from Ancient Greek πυρομαντεία (puromanteía), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr), πῠρός (purós). Equivalent to piro- +‎ -mancia.

Noun

piromancia f (uncountable)

1. pyromancy

Further reading

• “piromancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014