haruspice
French, noun/a.ʁys.pis/
haruspice is a French masculine noun meaning “a diviner in Ancient Rome who inspected the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry; haruspex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Devin, d’origine étrusque, qui faisait profession d’annoncer l’avenir, soit par l’observation de la foudre…”.
What does haruspice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea diviner in Ancient Rome who inspected the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry; haruspex
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Devin, d’origine étrusque, qui faisait profession d’annoncer l’avenir, soit par l’observation de la foudre, soit par l’inspection des entrailles d’animaux sacrifiés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of haruspice
- haruspices plural
- aruspice
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haruspice?
- /a.ʁys.pis/
- \a.ʁys.pis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to haruspice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is haruspice in French?
haruspice appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).