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] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /onikoˈmansja/ [o.ni.koˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: o‧ni‧co‧man‧cia
Noun
onicomancia f (uncountable)
- (uncommon) onychomancy
Further reading
- “onicomancia”, 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