Definitions and meaning of mania
mania
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
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- Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun
mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)
- Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
- Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
- (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Derived terms
Related terms
- dipsomania
- manic
- maniac
- megalomania
Translations
Further reading
- “mania”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- Amina, Maina, amain, amnia, anima
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈni.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [maˈni.a]
Noun
mania f (plural manies)
- mania
Related terms
Further reading
- “mania”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝niɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
- Syllabification(key): ma‧ni‧a
- Hyphenation(key): ma‧nia
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Noun
mania
- mania
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mania”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Noun
mania
- partitive singular of mani
Anagrams
- Naima, aamin, maani, maina
French
Pronunciation
Verb
mania
- third-person singular past historic of manier
Anagrams
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
mania (transitive)
- to follow instructions, obey
- to worship
References
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 389
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈni.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: ma‧nì‧a
Noun
mania f (plural manie)
- mania
- habit (if strange)
- quirk
- bug
- one-track mind
- Synonyms: fissazione, assillo, smania, pallino fisso, chiodo fisso
Related terms
- maniacale
- maniaco
- manicomio
Etymology 2
From Latin imāginem. Doublet of immagine and imago.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.nja/
- Rhymes: -anja
- Hyphenation: mà‧nia
Noun
mania f (plural manie)
- (archaic) a waxen votive image, usually hung from altars
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- mania in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mania in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek μανία (manía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈma.ni.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ni.a]
Noun
mania f (genitive maniae); first declension
- craze, mania, madness
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
- Old Galician-Portuguese: manna
- Romanian: mânie
- → Italian: mania
- → Albanian: mëri, mëni — Gheg (disputed)
- → Catalan: mania
- → Danish: mani
- → Dutch: manie
- → English: mania
- → Finnish: mania
- → French: manie
- → German: Manie
- → Irish: máine
- → Norwegian: mani
- → Polish: mania
- → Portuguese: mania
- → Spanish: manía
- → Swedish: mani
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ni.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ni.a]
Adjective
mānia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of mānis
References
- “mania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "mania", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “mania”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mania”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin mania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɲ.ja/
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- Rhymes: -aɲja
- Syllabification: man‧ia
- Homophone: -mania
Noun
mania f
- mania (violent derangement)
- Synonyms: amok, obsesja, szajba, szał
- mania (excessive desire)
- (psychiatry) mania (state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- mania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mania in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a
Noun
mania f (plural manias)
- mania (excessive or unreasonable desire)
- vice (bad habit)
- Synonym: vício
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French manier.
Verb
a mania (third-person singular present maniează, past participle maniat) 1st conjugation
- to handle
Conjugation
Tahitian
Pronunciation
Adjective
mania
- (of the sea or weather) calm
- (figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil, peaceful (state of mind)
- dull
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “mania” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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