nigromante

Galician

Alternative forms

• legrumante, lugrumante

Etymology

A semi-learned borrowing, from Latin necromantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [niɣɾoˈmantɪ]

Noun

nigromante m or f by sense (plural nigromantes)

1. necromancer
2. (figurative) despicable person

Related terms

• nigromancia

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nigromante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nigromante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nigromante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian nigromante, from Ancient Greek νεκρόμαντις (nekrómantis).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ni.ɡɾoˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ni.ɡɾoˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ni.ɡɾoˈmɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ni.ɡɾuˈmɐ̃.tɨ/ [ni.ɣɾuˈmɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: ni‧gro‧man‧te

Noun

nigromante m or f by sense (plural nigromantes)

1. necromancer

   Synonym: necromante

Related terms

• necromancia

Further reading

• “nigromante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nigromante, from Ancient Greek νεκρόμαντις (nekrómantis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niɡɾoˈmante/ [ni.ɣ̞ɾoˈmãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: ni‧gro‧man‧te

Noun

nigromante m or f by sense (plural nigromantes)

1. necromancer

Related terms

• nigromancia

 

Further reading

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