pyromania

English

Etymology

From pyro- + -mania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌpʌɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

pyromania (usually uncountable; plural pyromanias)

1. (psychology) A compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

Related terms

• pyromaniac
• pyromaniacal

Translations

disorder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放火狂 (cmn) (fànghuǒkuáng), 縱火狂 (cmn), 纵火狂 (cmn) (zònghuǒkuáng)

• Finnish: pyromania (fi)
• French: pyromanie (fr) f
• German: Pyromanie (de) f
• Greek: πυρομανία (el) (pyromanía) f
• Hungarian: pirománia (hu)

• Icelandic: íkveikjuæði n
• Italian: piromania (it) f
• Japanese: 放火癖 (ja) (ほうかへき, hōkaheki)
• Polish: piromania (pl) f
• Russian: пирома́ния (ru) (pirománija) f
• Spanish: piromanía (es) f
• Swedish: pyroman n

External links

• Pyromania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Noun

pyromania

1. pyromania

Declension

Declension of pyromania (type kulkija) singular plural nominative pyromania pyromaniat genitive pyromanian pyromanioiden pyromanioitten pyromaniain1 partitive pyromaniaa pyromanioita accusative pyromania pyromanian pyromaniat inessive pyromaniassa pyromanioissa elative pyromaniasta pyromanioista illative pyromaniaan pyromanioihin adessive pyromanialla pyromanioilla ablative pyromanialta pyromanioilta allative pyromanialle pyromanioille essive pyromaniana pyromanioina translative pyromaniaksi pyromanioiksi instructive – pyromanioin abessive pyromaniatta pyromanioitta comitative – pyromanioineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• pyromaani