alectomancia
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (uncommon) alectomancía
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancia.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aleɡtoˈmanθja/ [a.leɣ̞.t̪oˈmãn̟.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aleɡtoˈmansja/ [a.leɣ̞.t̪oˈmãn.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -anθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansja
- Syllabification: a‧lec‧to‧man‧cia
Noun edit
alectomancia f (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “alectomancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014