mania

See also: Mania, manía, mânia, mânià, -mania, and -manía

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

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.
   • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

3. (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
   • 2004 March, G. E. Berrios, “Of Mania: introduction (Classic text no. 57)”, in History of Psychiatry, number 15, →DOI, →PMID, pages 105–124:

Related terms

• dipsomania
• manic
• maniac
• megalomania

Translations

violent derangement

• Armenian: մոլուցք (hy) (molucʻkʻ)
• Catalan: mania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 躁狂癥／躁狂症 (zh), 躁狂症 (zh) (zàokuángzhèng)

• Danish: mani c
• Dutch: manie (nl) f
• Finnish: mania (fi), vimma (fi)
• French: manie (fr) f
• German: Manie (de) f
• Greek: μανία (el) f (manía)
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• Italian: mania (it) f
• Japanese: 躁病 (そうびょう, sōbyō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mani (no) m

  Nynorsk: mani m

• Portuguese: insanidade f
• Romanian: mânie (ro)
• Russian: ма́ния (ru) f (mánija)
• Spanish: manía (es) f
• Swedish: mani (sv) c

excessive desire

• Catalan: mania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂熱／狂热 (zh) (kuángrè), 狂热 (zh) (kuángrè)

• Dutch: manie (nl) f
• Finnish: mania (fi)
• German: Manie (de) f, Fimmel (de) m
• Greek: μανία (el) f (manía)
• Hungarian: mánia (hu), szenvedély (hu), imádat, fanatizmus (hu)
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• Italian: mania (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mani (no) m

  Nynorsk: mani m

• Portuguese: mania (pt) f
• Spanish: manía (es) f

state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels

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Further reading

• “mania”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Amina, Maina, amain, amnia, anima

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [maˈni.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.

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

mania

1. mania

Declension

Inflection of mania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		mania	maniat
genitive		manian	manioiden manioitten
partitive		maniaa	manioita
illative		maniaan	manioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mania	maniat
accusative	nom.	mania	maniat
	gen.	manian
genitive		manian	manioiden manioitten maniainrare
partitive		maniaa	manioita
inessive		maniassa	manioissa
elative		maniasta	manioista
illative		maniaan	manioihin
adessive		manialla	manioilla
ablative		manialta	manioilta
allative		manialle	manioille
essive		maniana	manioina
translative		maniaksi	manioiksi
abessive		maniatta	manioitta
instructive		—	manioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative maniani maniani accusative nom. maniani maniani gen. maniani genitive maniani manioideni manioitteni maniainirare partitive maniaani manioitani inessive maniassani manioissani elative maniastani manioistani illative maniaani manioihini adessive maniallani manioillani ablative manialtani manioiltani allative manialleni manioilleni essive manianani manioinani translative maniakseni manioikseni abessive maniattani manioittani instructive — — comitative — manioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative maniasi maniasi accusative nom. maniasi maniasi gen. maniasi genitive maniasi manioidesi manioittesi maniaisirare partitive maniaasi manioitasi inessive maniassasi manioissasi elative maniastasi manioistasi illative maniaasi manioihisi adessive maniallasi manioillasi ablative manialtasi manioiltasi allative maniallesi manioillesi essive manianasi manioinasi translative maniaksesi manioiksesi abessive maniattasi manioittasi instructive — — comitative — manioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative maniamme maniamme accusative nom. maniamme maniamme gen. maniamme genitive maniamme manioidemme manioittemme maniaimmerare partitive maniaamme manioitamme inessive maniassamme manioissamme elative maniastamme manioistamme illative maniaamme manioihimme adessive maniallamme manioillamme ablative manialtamme manioiltamme allative maniallemme manioillemme essive manianamme manioinamme translative maniaksemme manioiksemme abessive maniattamme manioittamme instructive — — comitative — manioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative manianne manianne accusative nom. manianne manianne gen. manianne genitive manianne manioidenne manioittenne maniainnerare partitive maniaanne manioitanne inessive maniassanne manioissanne elative maniastanne manioistanne illative maniaanne manioihinne adessive maniallanne manioillanne ablative manialtanne manioiltanne allative maniallenne manioillenne essive maniananne manioinanne translative maniaksenne manioiksenne abessive maniattanne manioittanne instructive — — comitative — manioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative maniansa maniansa accusative nom. maniansa maniansa gen. maniansa genitive maniansa manioidensa manioittensa maniainsarare partitive maniaansa manioitaan manioitansa inessive maniassaan maniassansa manioissaan manioissansa elative maniastaan maniastansa manioistaan manioistansa illative maniaansa manioihinsa adessive maniallaan maniallansa manioillaan manioillansa ablative manialtaan manialtansa manioiltaan manioiltansa allative manialleen maniallensa manioilleen manioillensa essive manianaan manianansa manioinaan manioinansa translative maniakseen maniaksensa manioikseen manioiksensa abessive maniattaan maniattansa manioittaan manioittansa instructive — — comitative — manioineen manioinensa

Etymology 2

Noun

mania

1. partitive singular of mani

Anagrams

• Naima, aamin, maina

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nja/

Verb

mania

1. first-person singular past historic of manier

Anagrams

• anima

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mania, from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

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

Anagrams

• anima

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μανία (manía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni.a/, [ˈmäniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni.a/, [ˈmäːniä]

Noun

mania f (genitive maniae); first declension

1. craze, mania, madness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mania	maniae
Genitive	maniae	maniārum
Dative	maniae	maniīs
Accusative	maniam	maniās
Ablative	maniā	maniīs
Vocative	mania	maniae

Descendants

• Italian: mania
• Old Galician-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
• → Portuguese: mania
• → Spanish: manía
• → Swedish: mani

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ni.a/, [ˈmäːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni.a/, [ˈmäːniä]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mānia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of mānis

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mania or Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Noun

mania f (plural manias)

1. mania (excessive or unreasonable desire)
2. vice (bad habit)

Synonyms

• (vice): vício

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Tahitian

FWOTD – 5 January 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈni.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.