different between access vs mania

English

Etymology 1

• First attested in the early 14th century.
• (entrance): First attested about 1380.
• From Middle English accesse, acces, from Middle French acces (“attack, onslaught”) or from its source Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of acc?d? (“approach; accede”), from ad (“to, toward, at”) + c?d? (“move, yield”). Doublet of accessus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æks?s/
• (General American) enPR: ?k?s?s', IPA^(key): /?æk?s?s/
• Hyphenation: ac?cess

Noun

access (countable and uncountable, plural accesses)

1. (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     All access was thronged.

2. (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
3. (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
4. (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1

     I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me. - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II-i
5. (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
   • 1760s, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England

     During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.

6. (archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue.

7. (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.

   • The first access looked like an apoplexy.

8. (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion
   • 1946, Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)

     It appears that, about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian Era, the Germans in the Roman service started the new practice of retaining their native names; and this change of etiquette, which seems to have been abrupt, points to a sudden access of self-confidence and self-assurance in the souls of the barbarian personnel which had previously been content to 'go Roman' without reservations.

9. (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
10. (uncountable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
11. (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

Usage notes

• (outburst, paroxysm): sometimes confused with excess.

Derived terms

• access day
• direct access
• random access
• remote access

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

• First attested in 1962.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æks?s/, /?k?s?s/
• (General American) enPR: ?k?s?s', ?k-s?s?, IPA^(key): /?æk?s?s/, /?k?s?s/
• Hyphenation: ac?cess

Verb

access (third-person singular simple present accesses, present participle accessing, simple past and past participle accessed)

1. (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
2. (transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

   I can't access most of the data on the computer without a password.

Translations

References

• access in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• access in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• access at OneLook Dictionary Search
• access in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.

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.