# mania
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈmeɪ.ni.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a
* Rhymes: -eɪniə

### Noun

mania (countable and uncountable, plural manias)
* Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
* 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.
* (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:

#### Derived terms

* dancing mania

#### Related terms

* dipsomania
* manic
* maniac
* megalomania

#### Translations
### 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: (Central, Balearic) [məˈni.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maˈni.a]

### Noun

mania f (plural manies)
* mania

#### Related terms

* maníac
* manicomi

#### Further reading

* “mania” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝niɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
* Hyphenation: ma‧nia

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mania
* mania

##### Declension

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

* tulppaanimania

#### Further reading

* “mania”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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
* partitive singular of mani

### Anagrams

* Naima, aamin, maani, maina

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.nja/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mania
* 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)
* to follow instructions, obey
* to worship

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 389

## Italian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈni.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: ma‧nì‧a

#### Noun

mania f (plural manie)
* mania
* habit (if strange)
* quirk
* bug
* 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: /ˈma.nja/
* Rhymes: -anja
* Hyphenation: mà‧nia

#### Noun

mania f (plural manie)
* (archaic) a waxen votive image, usually hung from altars
** 1867, Costantino Medici, Leggenda di san Domenico [Legend of Saint Dominic]‎, 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

### References

* ↑ maniato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### 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: /ˈma.ni.a/, [ˈmäniä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈma.ni.a/, [ˈmäːniä]

#### Noun

mania f (genitive maniae); first declension
* craze, mania, madness

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### 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: /ˈmaː.ni.a/, [ˈmäːniä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈma.ni.a/, [ˈmäːniä]

#### Adjective

mānia
* 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: /ˈmaɲ.ja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɲja
* Syllabification: man‧ia
* Homophone: -mania

### Noun

mania f
* mania (violent derangement)
    Synonyms: amok, obsesja, szajba, szał
* mania (excessive desire)
* (psychiatry) mania (state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels)

#### Derived terms

* -mania

#### Related terms

* maniakalny
* maniakalnie
* 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: /maˈni.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈni.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈni.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈni.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧a

### Noun

mania f (plural manias)
* mania (excessive or unreasonable desire)
* vice (bad habit)
    Synonym: vício

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French manier.

### Verb

a mania (third-person singular present maniează, past participle maniat) 1st conjugation
* to handle

#### Conjugation
## Tahitian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈni.a/

### Adjective

mania
* (of the sea or weather) calm
* (figuratively) serene, calm, tranquil, peaceful (state of mind)
* 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.