"folie à deux" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒli ə ˈdɜː/ Forms: folies à deux [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|folie à deux|t=madness for/of two 􂀿people􂁀}} Borrowed from French folie à deux (“madness for/of two [people]”) Head templates: {{en-noun|folies à deux|nolinkhead=1}} folie à deux (plural folies à deux)
  1. A situation in which two people behave abnormally together in a way that neither of them would on their own.
    Sense id: en-folie_à_deux-en-noun-WiT~tl9D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. (psychiatry, strictly) A rare syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis (particularly a paranoid or delusional belief) is transmitted from one person to another. Categories (topical): Psychiatry
    Sense id: en-folie_à_deux-en-noun-P10R7aOT Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: folie a deux (english: without diacritic), folly à deux, folly a deux [rare] Related terms: à deux, folie à trois

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French folie à deux. Etymology templates: {{ubor|sv|fr|folie à deux}} Unadapted borrowing from French folie à deux Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} folie à deux c, {{sv-noun|c}} folie à deux c
  1. (uncommon) folie à deux Wikipedia link: sv:folie à deux Tags: common-gender, uncommon Synonyms: inducerat vanföreställningssyndrom (english: induced delusional disorder), symbiogen psykos (english: symbiogenic psychosis)
    Sense id: en-folie_à_deux-sv-noun-V9Fsg~4e Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

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