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oneiromancy

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈnaɪɹəˌmænsi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈnaɪɹəʊ-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /oʊˈnaɪɹoʊˌmæn(t)si/
  • General-American: /-ɹə-/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Divination by the interpretation of dreams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: divination

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The interpretation of dreams.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oneirocriticism, oneirology, oneiroscopy

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An act of such divination or dream-interpretation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: divination

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

divination through the interpretation of dreams

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling

History

Etymology

From oneiro- (“dream”) + -mancy (“divination”); compare French onéiromancie, oniromancie.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aramaic: ܦܫܪܐ — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Bulgarian: тълкуване на сънища (tǎlkuvane na sǎništa) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Catalan: oniromància — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解夢 /解梦 (jiěmèng) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢占 (mèngzhān) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Dutch: droomuitlegging — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Estonian: oneiromantia — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Finnish: oneiromantia — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Finnish: unien selittäminen — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • French: oniromancie — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • French: onéiromancie — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • German: Oneiromantie — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Greek: ονειρομαντεία (oneiromanteía) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Italian: oniromanzia — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Japanese: 夢占い — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Macedonian: ониромантија (oniromantija) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Classical Nahuatl: tōnalpōhualiztli — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oneiromanti — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Polish: onejromancja — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Portuguese: oniromancia — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Russian: онейрома́нтия (onejromántija) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Russian: онейрокрития (onejrokritija) — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Serbo-Croatian: oneiromancija — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Serbo-Croatian: tumačenje snova — divination by the interpretation of dreams
  • Spanish: oniromancia — divination by the interpretation of dreams