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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.

English

Etymology

Spanish manta (“blanket”)

Noun

manta (plural mantas)

1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
2. Ellipsis of manta ray.

Derived terms

• Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
• giant manta (Mobula birostris)

Anagrams

• Tamna, atman, manat

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?man.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket
2. manta ray

Etymology 2

Adjective

manta

1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading

• “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta

1. a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Galician

Etymology

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta?/

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket
   • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:

     e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr

     and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it

   Synonym: cobertor

2. runner stone (upper millstone)
3. fry shoal

Derived terms

• a manta

References

• “manta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “manta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “manta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “manta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta
• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

1. property

2. wealth, riches

3. things, objects

Declension

Derived terms

• mant?ba
• mant?gs, mant?gums
• nemant?gs

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?taq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective

manta

1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mantra).

Noun

manta n

1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Papantla Totonac

Noun

manta inan

1. sweet potato

References

• Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

From Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

1. manta ray

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

manta n

1. genitive singular of manto
2. nominative plural of manto
3. accusative plural of manto
4. vocative plural of manto

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m??.t?/
• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms

• mantie, mant?

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/, [?mãn?.t?a]

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner

   Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada

2. poncho
3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
4. (zoology) manta ray

Derived terms

Further reading

• “manta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. earth, soil
2. land

References

• "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition