heteromancia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) heteromancía

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -mancia, in reference to bird flight, from one side to the other.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eteɾoˈmanθja/ [e.t̪e.ɾoˈmãn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eteɾoˈmansja/ [e.t̪e.ɾoˈmãn.sja]
• Rhymes: -anθja
• Rhymes: -ansja
• Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧man‧cia

Noun

heteromancia f (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) divination by the flight of birds

Hypernyms

• ornitomancia

Further reading

• “heteromancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28