mania

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mania"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233:

     One of the manias of the present day, which especially excites my spleen, is the locomotive rage which seems to possess all ranks—that necessity of going out of town in the summer...

   • 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

an excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession.

• Armenian: մոլուցք (hy) (molucʻkʻ)
• Bulgarian: мания (bg) f (manija)
• Catalan: mania (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: mani c
• Dutch: manie (nl) f
• Finnish: mania (fi), vimma (fi)
• French: manie (fr) f
• Galician: teima (gl) f
• German: Manie (de) f
• Greek: μανία (el) f (manía)

  Ancient: λύσσα f (lússa)

• Italian: mania (it) f
• Japanese: 躁病 (ja) (そうびょう, sōbyō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mani (no) m

  Nynorsk: mani m

• Plautdietsch: Wonsenn m
• Polish: mania (pl) f
• Polish: mania (pl) f
• Portuguese: insanidade f
• Romanian: mânie (ro)
• Russian: ма́ния (ru) f (mánija)
• Sicilian: manìa f
• Spanish: manía (es) f
• Swedish: mani (sv) c

excessive desire

• Bulgarian: мания (bg) (manija)
• Catalan: mania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂熱／狂热 (zh) (kuángrè)

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

  Bokmål: mani (no) m

  Nynorsk: mani m

• Polish: mania (pl) f
• Portuguese: mania (pt) f
• Sicilian: manìa
• Spanish: manía (es) f
• Swedish: vurm (sv) c

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

• Polish: mania (pl) f
• Sicilian: manìa

Further reading

• “mania”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Amina, Maina, amain, amnia, anima

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ni‧a

Etymology 1

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

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 maniain rare
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 maniaini rare 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 maniaisi rare 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 maniaimme rare 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 maniainne rare 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 maniainsa rare 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

Derived terms

compounds

• tulppaanimania

 

Further reading

• “mania”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Noun

mania

1. partitive singular of mani

Anagrams

• Naima, aamin, maani, maina

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nja/

• Audio:

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Verb

mania

1. third-person singular past historic of manier

Anagrams

• anima

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

mania (transitive)

1. to follow instructions, obey
2. to worship

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 389

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ma‧nì‧a

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

Etymology 2

From Latin imāginem. Doublet of immagine and imago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.nja/
• Rhymes: -anja
• Hyphenation: mà‧nia

Noun

mania f (plural manie)

1. (archaic) a waxen votive image, usually hung from altars
   • 1867, Costantino Medici, Leggenda di san Domenico [Legend of Saint Dominic]‎^[3], Venice: A. Clementi, page 121:

     Disperatosi dunque d'ogni aiutorio umano botossi a Cristo Signore, et al beato messer san Domenico, e volendo in segno di devozione offrere una mania di cera a quella quantità ch'era elli, tolse un filo di stoppa, e cominciò a misurare la lunghezza e la larghezza del corpo suo.

     Then, unable to hope in any human help, he devoted himself to Christ the Lord, and to the blessed sir Saint Dominic, and wishing to offer, as a sign of devotion, a waxen image in the size he was, he took an oakum thread, and started measuring the length and width of his own body.

Derived terms

• maniato

Further reading

• mania in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• mania in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• Manai, anima

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μανία (manía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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 — Gheg (disputed)
• → Catalan: mania
• → Danish: mani
• → Dutch: manie
• → English: mania
• → Finnish: mania
• → French: manie
• → German: Manie
• → Irish: máine
• → Norwegian: mani
• → Polish: mania
• → Portuguese: mania
• → Spanish: manía
• → Swedish: mani

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: man‧ia
• Homophone: -mania

Noun

mania f

1. mania (violent derangement)

   Synonyms: amok, obsesja, szajba, szał

2. mania (excessive desire)
3. (psychiatry) mania (state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels)

Declension

Declension of mania

	singular	plural
nominative	mania	manie
genitive	manii	manii/manij (archaic)
dative	manii	maniom
accusative	manię	manie
instrumental	manią	maniami
locative	manii	maniach
vocative	manio	manie

Derived terms

suffixes

• -mania

 

Related terms

adjectives

• maniakalny

 

adverbs

• maniakalnie

 

nouns

• maniactwo
• maniaczka
• maniak
• maniakalność

 

Further reading

• mania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈni.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈni.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈni.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈni.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a

Noun

mania f (plural manias)

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

   Synonym: vício

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manier.

Verb

a mania (third-person singular present maniează, past participle maniat) 1st conj.

1. to handle

Conjugation

    conjugation of mania (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a mania
gerund			maniind
past participle			maniat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	maniez	maniezi	maniază	maniem	maniați	maniază
	imperfect	maniam	maniai	mania	maniam	maniați	maniau
	simple perfect	maniai	maniași	manie	maniarăm	maniarăți	maniară
	pluperfect	maniasem	maniaseși	maniase	maniaserăm	maniaserăți	maniaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să maniez	să maniezi	să manieze	să maniem	să maniați	să manieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		maniază			maniați
	negative		nu mania			nu maniați

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.