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

• “nigromante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nigromante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nigromante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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.

Spanish

Etymology

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

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