"-mancy" meaning in English

See -mancy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -mantīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (manteíā, “divination”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-mantīa}} Latin -mantīa, {{der|en|grc|μᾰντείᾱ|t=divination}} Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (manteíā, “divination”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -mancy, {{en-suffix}} -mancy
  1. Divination. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Divination Translations (specified forms of divination): -mantia (Finnish), -mancie [feminine] (French), -mancia [feminine] (Galician), -mantie [feminine] (German), -μαντεία (-manteía) [feminine] (Greek), -manzia [feminine] (Italian), -mantīa [feminine] (Latin), -mancja (Polish), -mancia [feminine] (Portuguese), -manție [feminine] (Romanian), -мантия (-mantija) [feminine] (Russian), -mancia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--mancy-en-suffix-USL2RyEL Disambiguation of Divination: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'specified forms of divination': 95 5
  2. (fantasy) Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Fantasy, Fictional abilities
    Sense id: en--mancy-en-suffix-Zot4I3iR Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Topics: fantasy
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (manteíā, “divination”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -mantīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (manteíā, “divination”).",
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    {
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        "1": "en",
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        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
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        "id": ""
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Divination."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Divination",
          "divination"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Fantasy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme."
      ],
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        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy) Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "word": "-mantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mantie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-manteía",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-μαντεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-manzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mantīa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "word": "-mancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-manție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-mantija",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-мантия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "specified forms of divination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-mancia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:mancy"
  ],
  "word": "-mancy"
}

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