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mania
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)
- 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.
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)
- 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
- mania
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
mania
- partitive singular of mani
Anagrams
- Naima, aamin, maani, maina
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.nja/
Verb
mania
- 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)
- to follow instructions, obey
- 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)
- 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 im?g?, -inis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.nja/
- Rhymes: -anja
- Hyphenation: mà?nia
Noun
mania f (plural manie)
- (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
- 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
- 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
- mania (violent derangement)
- Synonyms: amok, obsesja, szajba, sza?
- mania (excessive desire)
- (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)
- mania (excessive or unreasonable desire)
- vice (bad habit)
- Synonym: vício
Romanian
Etymology
From French manier.
Verb
a mania (third-person singular present manieaz?, past participle maniat) 1st conj.
- to handle
Conjugation
Tahitian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?ni.a/
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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dementia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dementia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??m?n??/
Noun
dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)
- (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
- Madness or insanity.
Derived terms
- demented
- demential
- senile dementia
Translations
See also
- amentia
- Alzheimer's disease
- delirium
Anagrams
- Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dementia.
Noun
dementia
- dementia
Declension
Latin
Etymology
dement- +? -ia
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de??men.ti.a/, [d?e??m?n?t?iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de?men.t?si.a/, [d???m?nt??s?i?]
Noun
d?mentia f (genitive d?mentiae); first declension
- madness, insanity
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Adjective
d?mentia
- nominative neuter plural of d?m?ns
- accusative neuter plural of d?m?ns
- vocative neuter plural of d?m?ns
References
- dementia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dementia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- dementia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dementia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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