"aeromancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/ Forms: aeromancie [alternative, Early, Modern], æromancy [alternative, Early, Modern], aëromancy [alternative, Early, Modern], aeromanty [alternative, Early, Modern], eromancy [alternative, Early, Modern], heromancy [alternative, Early, Modern]
Etymology: From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aeremance,aermancye,aaeromancye}} Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, {{der|en|xno|aermancie}} Anglo-Norman aermancie, {{der|en|frm|aerimancie,aeromance,ayromancie}} Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie, {{cog|fr|aéromancie}} French aéromancie, {{der|en|la|āeromantia}} Latin āeromantia, {{surf|en|aero-|-mancy}} By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} aeromancy (uncountable)
  1. Divination by use of atmospheric conditions. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: aeromancer Related terms: anemoscopy, austromancy, ceraunoscopy, chaomancy, cometomancy, meteoromancy, nephomancy Translations (divination by use of atmospheric conditions): aéromancie (French), აერომანტია (aeromanṭia) (Georgian), Aeromantie [feminine] (German), aeromanzia (Italian), aeromantia (Latin), aermacye (Middle English), aeromance (Middle English), aeromancye (Middle English), aeromauncie (Middle English), aerymancie (Middle English), aeromancja [feminine] (Polish), aeromancia [feminine] (Portuguese), aeromancia [feminine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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