"pyromania" meaning in English

See pyromania in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pyromania.wav [US] Forms: pyromanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: From pyro- + -mania. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pyro|mania}} pyro- + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)
  1. (psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: pyromaniac, pyromanic, pyromaniacal Translations (disorder): պիրոմանիա (piromania) (Armenian), піраманія (piramanija) [feminine] (Belarusian), piromania [feminine] (Catalan), 放火狂 (fànghuǒkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 縱火狂 /纵火狂 (zònghuǒkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), vuurzucht [feminine] (Dutch), pyromanie [feminine] (Dutch), piromanio (Esperanto), püromaania (Estonian), pyromania (Finnish), pyromanie [feminine] (French), Pyromanie [feminine] (German), Brandsucht [feminine] (German), πυρομανία (pyromanía) [feminine] (Greek), दहनोन्माद (dahnonmād) (Hindi), pirománia (Hungarian), íkveikjuæði [neuter] (Icelandic), piromania [feminine] (Italian), 放火癖 (hōkaheki) (alt: ほうかへき) (Japanese), 방화광 (banghwagwang) (Korean), пироманија (piromanija) [feminine] (Macedonian), piromania [feminine] (Polish), piromania [feminine] (Portuguese), пирома́ния (pirománija) [feminine] (Russian), pyrománia [feminine] (Slovak), piromanía [feminine] (Spanish), pyromani [common-gender] (Swedish), piromani (Turkish), піроманія (piromanija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "dahnonmād",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "दहनोन्माद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "pirománia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "íkveikjuæði"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piromania"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうかへき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "hōkaheki",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "放火癖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "banghwagwang",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "방화광"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "piromanija",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пироманија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piromania"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piromania"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pirománija",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пирома́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pyrománia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piromanía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pyromani"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "word": "piromani"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "piromanija",
      "sense": "disorder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "піроманія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pyromania"
}

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