kleptomania

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kleptō, “I steal”) + -mania

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniə/, /-ˈmeɪnjə/, X-SAMPA: /%klEpt@"meIni@/, /-"meInj@/

klep`to*ma"ni*a

• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Alternative forms

• cleptomania

Noun

kleptomania (uncountable)

1. (psychology) a psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.

Related terms

• kleptomaniac
• kleptomaniacal

Translations

proclivity to steal

• Bemba: ulu-nwe
• Catalan: cleptomania (ca) f
• Czech: kleptomanie (cs) f
• Dutch: kleptomanie (nl) f
• Estonian: kleptomaania (et)
• Finnish: kleptomania (fi)
• French: cleptomanie (fr), kleptomanie (fr) f
• German: Kleptomanie (de) f
• Hungarian: kleptománia (hu)

• Icelandic: stelsýki (is) f
• Interlingua: kleptomania
• Manx: geidvian (gv)
• Portuguese: cleptomania (pt) f
• Romanian: cleptomanie (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: miann gadachd (gd) m and f
• Spanish: cleptomanía (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: fufurubakru

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Finnish

Etymology

klepto- + -mania

Noun

kleptomania

1. kleptomania

Declension

Declension of kleptomania (type kulkija) singular plural nominative kleptomania kleptomaniat genitive kleptomanian kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten kleptomaniain1 partitive kleptomaniaa kleptomanioita accusative kleptomania kleptomanian kleptomaniat inessive kleptomaniassa kleptomanioissa elative kleptomaniasta kleptomanioista illative kleptomaniaan kleptomanioihin adessive kleptomanialla kleptomanioilla ablative kleptomanialta kleptomanioilta allative kleptomanialle kleptomanioille essive kleptomaniana kleptomanioina translative kleptomaniaksi kleptomanioiksi instructive – kleptomanioin abessive kleptomaniatta kleptomanioitta comitative – kleptomanioineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• kleptomaani