Portuguese

Noun

necromancia f (plural necromancias)

1. necromancy (divination involving the dead)
2. necromancy (sorcery involving reanimating the dead)

Synonyms

• (divination involving the dead): nigromancia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• necromancía
• nigromancia
• nigromancía

Etymology

From Late Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία ‎(nekromanteía), from νεκρός ‎(nekrós) "dead" + μαντεία ‎(manteía) "divination".

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ne.kɾoˈman.θja/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /ne.kɾoˈman.sja/

Noun

necromancia f ‎(uncountable)

1. necromancy

Related terms

• nigromántico