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English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin aberr?ti? (“relief, diversion”), first attested in 1594 , from aberr? (“wander away, go astray”), from ab (“away”) + err? (“wander”). Compare French aberration. Equivalent to aberrate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.???e?.?n?/

Noun

aberration (countable and uncountable, plural aberrations)

1. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state. [Late 16^th century.]
2. (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point. [Mid 18^th century.]
3. (astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18^th century.]
   1. (astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
4. A partial alienation of reason. [Early 19^th century.]
5. A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19^th century.]
6. (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ. [Mid 19^th century.]
7. (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.

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French

Etymology

From Latin aberrationem, aberratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.?a.sj??/

Noun

aberration f (plural aberrations)

1. aberration
2. the state of being aberrant
3. (astronomy) aberration
4. (optics) aberration
5. (physiology) aberration or mutation

Related terms

• aberrer

Further reading

• “aberration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abornerait, arboraient

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek ????? (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?.ni.?/
• Hyphenation: ma?ni?a
• Rhymes: -e?ni?

Noun

mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)

1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
3. (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

Related terms

• dipsomania
• manic
• maniac
• megalomania

Translations

Further reading

• mania at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Amina, Maina, amain, amnia, anima

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek ????? (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m??ni.?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma?ni.a/

Noun

mania f (plural manies)

1. mania

Related terms

• maníac
• manicomi

Further reading

• “mania” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ni?/, [?m?ni?]
• Rhymes: -?ni?
• Syllabification: ma?ni?a

Etymology 1

From Latin mania, from Ancient Greek ????? (manía, “madness”).

Noun

mania

1. mania

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

mania

1. partitive singular of mani

Anagrams

• Naima, aamin, maani, maina

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nja/

Verb

mania

1. first-person singular past historic of manier

Anagrams

• anima

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

mania (transitive)

1. to follow instructions, obey
2. to worship

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 389

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mania, from Ancient Greek ????? (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?ni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ma?nìa

Noun

mania f (plural manie)

1. mania
2. habit (if strange)
3. quirk
4. bug
5. one-track mind

   Synonyms: fissazione, assillo, smania, pallino fisso, chiodo fisso

Related terms

• maniacale
• maniaco
• manicomio

Etymology 2

From Latin im?g?, -inis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.nja/
• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: mà?nia

Noun

mania f (plural manie)

1. (archaic) A waxen votive image, usually hanged from altars.

Derived terms

• maniato

Anagrams

• anima

References

• mania in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• mania in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (manía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma.ni.a/, [?mäniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.ni.a/, [?m??ni?]

Noun

mania f (genitive maniae); first declension

1. craze, mania, madness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: mania
• Old Portuguese: manna
• Romanian: mânie
• ? Albanian: mëri, mëni (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) IPA^(key): /?ma?.ni.a/, [?mä?niä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.ni.a/, [?m??ni?]

Adjective

m?nia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of m?nis

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, 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Polish

Etymology

From Late Latin mania, from Ancient Greek ????? (manía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?.ja/

Noun

mania f

1. mania (violent derangement)

   Synonyms: amok, obsesja, szajba, sza?

2. mania (excessive desire)
3. (psychiatry) mania (state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels)

Declension

Related terms

• (nouns) maniak, maniaczka, maniactwo, maniakalno??
• (adjective) maniakalny
• (adverb) maniakalnie

Further reading

• mania in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek ????? (manía, “madness”).

Noun

mania f (plural manias)

1. mania (excessive or unreasonable desire)
2. vice (bad habit)

   Synonym: vício

Romanian

Etymology

From French manier.

Verb

a mania (third-person singular present manieaz?, past participle maniat) 1st conj.

1. to handle

Conjugation

Tahitian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?ni.a/

Adjective

mania

1. (of the sea or weather) calm
2. (figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil, peaceful (state of mind)
3. 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.