pyromania

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)

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

Related terms

Translations

disorder

Catalan: piromania (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 放火狂 (zh) (fànghuǒkuáng), 縱火狂／纵火狂 (zònghuǒkuáng)
Dutch: vuurzucht f, pyromanie (nl) f
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)
Polish: piromania (pl) f
Portuguese: piromania f
Russian: пирома́ния (ru) f (pirománija)
Spanish: piromanía (es) f
Swedish: pyromani (sv) c
Turkish: piromani (tr)

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English pyromania).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpyromɑniɑ/, [ˈpyro̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
Syllabification^(key): py‧ro‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

pyromania

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
accusative	gen.	pyromanian	pyromaniat
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
accusative	gen.	pyromaniani	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
accusative	gen.	pyromaniasi	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
accusative	gen.	pyromaniamme	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
accusative	gen.	pyromanianne	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
accusative	gen.	pyromaniansa	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

Anagrams

pyromaani

pyromania

Contents

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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