pyromania

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)

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

Related terms

• pyromaniac
• pyromanic
• pyromaniacal

Translations

disorder

• Armenian: պիրոմանիա (piromania)
• Belarusian: піраманія f (piramanija)
• Catalan: piromania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放火狂 (zh) (fànghuǒkuáng), 縱火狂 / 纵火狂 (zònghuǒkuáng)

• Dutch: vuurzucht f, pyromanie (nl) f
• Esperanto: piromanio
• Estonian: püromaania
• Finnish: pyromania (fi)
• French: pyromanie (fr) f
• German: Pyromanie (de) f, Brandsucht f
• Greek: πυρομανία (el) f (pyromanía)
• Hindi: दहनोन्माद (dahnonmād)
• Hungarian: pirománia (hu)
• Icelandic: íkveikjuæði n
• Italian: piromania f
• Japanese: 放火癖 (ほうかへき, hōkaheki)
• Korean: 방화광 (ko) (banghwagwang)
• Macedonian: пироманија f (piromanija)
• Polish: piromania (pl) f
• Portuguese: piromania (pt) f
• Russian: пирома́ния (ru) f (pirománija)
• Slovak: pyrománia (sk) f
• Spanish: piromanía (es) f
• Swedish: pyromani (sv) c
• Turkish: piromani (tr)
• Ukrainian: піроманія f (piromanija)

Further reading

• Pyromania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English pyromania).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpyroˌmɑniɑ/, [ˈpyro̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): py‧ro‧ma‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): pyro‧mania

Noun

pyromania

1. pyromania

Declension

Inflection of pyromania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		pyromania	pyromaniat
genitive		pyromanian	pyromanioiden pyromanioitten
partitive		pyromaniaa	pyromanioita
illative		pyromaniaan	pyromanioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pyromania	pyromaniat
accusative	nom.	pyromania	pyromaniat
	gen.	pyromanian
genitive		pyromanian	pyromanioiden pyromanioitten pyromaniain rare
partitive		pyromaniaa	pyromanioita
inessive		pyromaniassa	pyromanioissa
elative		pyromaniasta	pyromanioista
illative		pyromaniaan	pyromanioihin
adessive		pyromanialla	pyromanioilla
ablative		pyromanialta	pyromanioilta
allative		pyromanialle	pyromanioille
essive		pyromaniana	pyromanioina
translative		pyromaniaksi	pyromanioiksi
abessive		pyromaniatta	pyromanioitta
instructive		—	pyromanioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pyromaniani pyromaniani accusative nom. pyromaniani pyromaniani gen. pyromaniani genitive pyromaniani pyromanioideni pyromanioitteni pyromaniaini rare partitive pyromaniaani pyromanioitani inessive pyromaniassani pyromanioissani elative pyromaniastani pyromanioistani illative pyromaniaani pyromanioihini adessive pyromaniallani pyromanioillani ablative pyromanialtani pyromanioiltani allative pyromanialleni pyromanioilleni essive pyromanianani pyromanioinani translative pyromaniakseni pyromanioikseni abessive pyromaniattani pyromanioittani instructive — — comitative — pyromanioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pyromaniasi pyromaniasi accusative nom. pyromaniasi pyromaniasi gen. pyromaniasi genitive pyromaniasi pyromanioidesi pyromanioittesi pyromaniaisi rare partitive pyromaniaasi pyromanioitasi inessive pyromaniassasi pyromanioissasi elative pyromaniastasi pyromanioistasi illative pyromaniaasi pyromanioihisi adessive pyromaniallasi pyromanioillasi ablative pyromanialtasi pyromanioiltasi allative pyromaniallesi pyromanioillesi essive pyromanianasi pyromanioinasi translative pyromaniaksesi pyromanioiksesi abessive pyromaniattasi pyromanioittasi instructive — — comitative — pyromanioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pyromaniamme pyromaniamme accusative nom. pyromaniamme pyromaniamme gen. pyromaniamme genitive pyromaniamme pyromanioidemme pyromanioittemme pyromaniaimme rare partitive pyromaniaamme pyromanioitamme inessive pyromaniassamme pyromanioissamme elative pyromaniastamme pyromanioistamme illative pyromaniaamme pyromanioihimme adessive pyromaniallamme pyromanioillamme ablative pyromanialtamme pyromanioiltamme allative pyromaniallemme pyromanioillemme essive pyromanianamme pyromanioinamme translative pyromaniaksemme pyromanioiksemme abessive pyromaniattamme pyromanioittamme instructive — — comitative — pyromanioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pyromanianne pyromanianne accusative nom. pyromanianne pyromanianne gen. pyromanianne genitive pyromanianne pyromanioidenne pyromanioittenne pyromaniainne rare partitive pyromaniaanne pyromanioitanne inessive pyromaniassanne pyromanioissanne elative pyromaniastanne pyromanioistanne illative pyromaniaanne pyromanioihinne adessive pyromaniallanne pyromanioillanne ablative pyromanialtanne pyromanioiltanne allative pyromaniallenne pyromanioillenne essive pyromaniananne pyromanioinanne translative pyromaniaksenne pyromanioiksenne abessive pyromaniattanne pyromanioittanne instructive — — comitative — pyromanioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pyromaniansa pyromaniansa accusative nom. pyromaniansa pyromaniansa gen. pyromaniansa genitive pyromaniansa pyromanioidensa pyromanioittensa pyromaniainsa rare partitive pyromaniaansa pyromanioitaan pyromanioitansa inessive pyromaniassaan pyromaniassansa pyromanioissaan pyromanioissansa elative pyromaniastaan pyromaniastansa pyromanioistaan pyromanioistansa illative pyromaniaansa pyromanioihinsa adessive pyromaniallaan pyromaniallansa pyromanioillaan pyromanioillansa ablative pyromanialtaan pyromanialtansa pyromanioiltaan pyromanioiltansa allative pyromanialleen pyromaniallensa pyromanioilleen pyromanioillensa essive pyromanianaan pyromanianansa pyromanioinaan pyromanioinansa translative pyromaniakseen pyromaniaksensa pyromanioikseen pyromanioiksensa abessive pyromaniattaan pyromaniattansa pyromanioittaan pyromanioittansa instructive — — comitative — pyromanioineen pyromanioinensa

Synonyms

• tuhopolttohimo

Further reading

• “pyromania”, 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 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• pyromaani