kleptomania

See also: kleptománia, kleptomanía, and kleptomanią

English

Alternative forms

• cleptomania

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌklɛp.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə, -ˈmeɪn.jə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

kleptomania (countable and uncountable, plural kleptomanias)

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

Derived terms

• bibliokleptomania

Related terms

• kleptomaniac
• kleptomaniacal

Translations

disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing

• Arabic: مرض السرقَة
• Armenian: կլեպտոմանիա (hy) (kleptomania)
• Bemba: ulu-nwe
• Bengali: চৌর্যোন্মাদ (bn) (cōurjōnmad)
• Catalan: cleptomania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盜竊狂症 / 盗窃狂症 (dàoqièkuángzhèng), 盜竊癖 / 盗窃癖 (dàoqièpǐ)

• Czech: kleptomanie f
• Danish: kleptomani
• Dutch: kleptomanie (nl) f, steelzucht f
• Esperanto: kleptomanio
• Estonian: kleptomaania (et)
• Finnish: kleptomania (fi)
• French: cleptomanie (fr), kleptomanie (fr) f
• German: Kleptomanie (de) f, Stehlsucht f
• Greek: κλεπτομανία (el) (kleptomanía)
• Gujarati: ચૌર્યોન્માદ (cauryonmād)
• Hindi: चौर्योन्माद (cauryonmād)
• Hungarian: kleptománia (hu)
• Icelandic: stelsýki f
• Interlingua: kleptomania
• Italian: cleptomania (it)
• Japanese: 盗癖 (とうへき, tōheki), 窃盗症 (せっとうしょう, settō-shō)
• Korean: 도벽(盜癖) (dobyeok)
• Latin: cleptomania
• Macedonian: клептоманија (kleptomanija)
• Manx: geidvian
• Māori: mate tāhae
• Norwegian: kleptomani
• Plautdietsch: Stälsucht f
• Polish: kleptomania (pl) f
• Portuguese: cleptomania (pt) f
• Romanian: cleptomanie (ro) f
• Russian: клептома́ния (ru) f (kleptománija)
• Scottish Gaelic: miann gadachd m or f
• Serbo-Croatian: клептоманија, kleptomànija (sh)
• Spanish: cleptomanía (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: fufurubakru
• Swedish: kleptomani (sv)
• Tagalog: kulawin
• Thai: โรคชอบหยิบฉวย (rôok-chɔ̂ɔp-yìp-chǔai)
• Turkish: kleptomani (tr)
• Vietnamese: trộm cắp cưỡng bức

See also

• kleptolagnia

Finnish

Etymology

klepto- +‎ -mania

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleptoˌmɑniɑ/, [ˈkle̞pt̪o̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): klep‧to‧ma‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): klepto‧mania

Noun

kleptomania

1. kleptomania

Declension

Inflection of kleptomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		kleptomania	kleptomaniat
genitive		kleptomanian	kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten
partitive		kleptomaniaa	kleptomanioita
illative		kleptomaniaan	kleptomanioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kleptomania	kleptomaniat
accusative	nom.	kleptomania	kleptomaniat
	gen.	kleptomanian
genitive		kleptomanian	kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten kleptomaniain rare
partitive		kleptomaniaa	kleptomanioita
inessive		kleptomaniassa	kleptomanioissa
elative		kleptomaniasta	kleptomanioista
illative		kleptomaniaan	kleptomanioihin
adessive		kleptomanialla	kleptomanioilla
ablative		kleptomanialta	kleptomanioilta
allative		kleptomanialle	kleptomanioille
essive		kleptomaniana	kleptomanioina
translative		kleptomaniaksi	kleptomanioiksi
abessive		kleptomaniatta	kleptomanioitta
instructive		—	kleptomanioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kleptomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kleptomaniani kleptomaniani accusative nom. kleptomaniani kleptomaniani gen. kleptomaniani genitive kleptomaniani kleptomanioideni kleptomanioitteni kleptomaniaini rare partitive kleptomaniaani kleptomanioitani inessive kleptomaniassani kleptomanioissani elative kleptomaniastani kleptomanioistani illative kleptomaniaani kleptomanioihini adessive kleptomaniallani kleptomanioillani ablative kleptomanialtani kleptomanioiltani allative kleptomanialleni kleptomanioilleni essive kleptomanianani kleptomanioinani translative kleptomaniakseni kleptomanioikseni abessive kleptomaniattani kleptomanioittani instructive — — comitative — kleptomanioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kleptomaniasi kleptomaniasi accusative nom. kleptomaniasi kleptomaniasi gen. kleptomaniasi genitive kleptomaniasi kleptomanioidesi kleptomanioittesi kleptomaniaisi rare partitive kleptomaniaasi kleptomanioitasi inessive kleptomaniassasi kleptomanioissasi elative kleptomaniastasi kleptomanioistasi illative kleptomaniaasi kleptomanioihisi adessive kleptomaniallasi kleptomanioillasi ablative kleptomanialtasi kleptomanioiltasi allative kleptomaniallesi kleptomanioillesi essive kleptomanianasi kleptomanioinasi translative kleptomaniaksesi kleptomanioiksesi abessive kleptomaniattasi kleptomanioittasi instructive — — comitative — kleptomanioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kleptomaniamme kleptomaniamme accusative nom. kleptomaniamme kleptomaniamme gen. kleptomaniamme genitive kleptomaniamme kleptomanioidemme kleptomanioittemme kleptomaniaimme rare partitive kleptomaniaamme kleptomanioitamme inessive kleptomaniassamme kleptomanioissamme elative kleptomaniastamme kleptomanioistamme illative kleptomaniaamme kleptomanioihimme adessive kleptomaniallamme kleptomanioillamme ablative kleptomanialtamme kleptomanioiltamme allative kleptomaniallemme kleptomanioillemme essive kleptomanianamme kleptomanioinamme translative kleptomaniaksemme kleptomanioiksemme abessive kleptomaniattamme kleptomanioittamme instructive — — comitative — kleptomanioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kleptomanianne kleptomanianne accusative nom. kleptomanianne kleptomanianne gen. kleptomanianne genitive kleptomanianne kleptomanioidenne kleptomanioittenne kleptomaniainne rare partitive kleptomaniaanne kleptomanioitanne inessive kleptomaniassanne kleptomanioissanne elative kleptomaniastanne kleptomanioistanne illative kleptomaniaanne kleptomanioihinne adessive kleptomaniallanne kleptomanioillanne ablative kleptomanialtanne kleptomanioiltanne allative kleptomaniallenne kleptomanioillenne essive kleptomaniananne kleptomanioinanne translative kleptomaniaksenne kleptomanioiksenne abessive kleptomaniattanne kleptomanioittanne instructive — — comitative — kleptomanioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kleptomaniansa kleptomaniansa accusative nom. kleptomaniansa kleptomaniansa gen. kleptomaniansa genitive kleptomaniansa kleptomanioidensa kleptomanioittensa kleptomaniainsa rare partitive kleptomaniaansa kleptomanioitaan kleptomanioitansa inessive kleptomaniassaan kleptomaniassansa kleptomanioissaan kleptomanioissansa elative kleptomaniastaan kleptomaniastansa kleptomanioistaan kleptomanioistansa illative kleptomaniaansa kleptomanioihinsa adessive kleptomaniallaan kleptomaniallansa kleptomanioillaan kleptomanioillansa ablative kleptomanialtaan kleptomanialtansa kleptomanioiltaan kleptomanioiltansa allative kleptomanialleen kleptomaniallensa kleptomanioilleen kleptomanioillensa essive kleptomanianaan kleptomanianansa kleptomanioinaan kleptomanioinansa translative kleptomaniakseen kleptomaniaksensa kleptomanioikseen kleptomanioiksensa abessive kleptomaniattaan kleptomaniattansa kleptomanioittaan kleptomanioittansa instructive — — comitative — kleptomanioineen kleptomanioinensa

Further reading

• “kleptomania”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• kleptomaani

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō) + -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛp.tɔˈmaɲ.ja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: klep‧to‧man‧ia

Noun

kleptomania f

1. kleptomania

Declension

Declension of kleptomania

	singular
nominative	kleptomania
genitive	kleptomanii
dative	kleptomanii
accusative	kleptomanię
instrumental	kleptomanią
locative	kleptomanii
vocative	kleptomanio

Further reading

• “kleptomania”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kleptomania”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)