lecanomancia
Spanish
Alternative forms
- (uncommon) lecanomancía
Etymology
From Late Latin lecanomantia, from Ancient Greek λεκανομαντείᾱ (lekanomanteíā, “lekanomanteía”), from λεκάνη (lekánē, “dish, pan”) + -mancia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lekanoˈmanθja/ [le.ka.noˈmãn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /lekanoˈmansja/ [le.ka.noˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: le‧ca‧no‧man‧cia
Noun
lecanomancia f (uncountable)
- (uncommon) lecanomancy
Further reading
- “lecanomancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024