kleptomania

kleptomania

See also: kleptománia and kleptomanía

English

Alternative forms

• cleptomania

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌklɛp.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə, -ˈmeɪn.jə/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

kleptomania (countable and uncountable, plural kleptomanias)

1. (psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.

Related terms

• kleptomaniac
• kleptomaniacal

 

Translations

disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing

Arabic: مرض السرقَة‎ Bemba: ulu-nwe Bengali: চৌর্যোন্মাদ (courĵonmad) Catalan: cleptomania (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 盜竊狂症／盗窃狂症 (dàoqièkuángzhèng), 盜竊癖／盗窃癖 (dàoqièpǐ) Czech: kleptomanie f Danish: kleptomani Dutch: kleptomanie (nl) f, steelzucht f Estonian: kleptomaania (et) Finnish: kleptomania (fi) French: cleptomanie (fr), kleptomanie (fr) f German: Kleptomanie (de) f, Stehlsucht f Greek: κλεπτομανία (el) (kleptomanía) Gujarati: ચૌર્યોન્માદ (cauryonmād) Hindi: चौर्योन्माद (cauryonmād) Hungarian: kleptománia (hu) Icelandic: stelsýki f Interlingua: kleptomania Italian: cleptomania (it) Japanese: 盗癖 (とうへき, tōheki), 窃盗症 (せっとうしょう, settō-shō) Latin: cleptomania Macedonian: клептоманија (kleptomanija) Manx: geidvian Norwegian: kleptomani Polish: kleptomania (pl) f Portuguese: cleptomania (pt) f Romanian: cleptomanie (ro) f Russian: клептома́ния (ru) f (kleptománija) Scottish Gaelic: miann gadachd m or f Serbo-Croatian: клептоманија, kleptomànija (sh) Spanish: cleptomanía (es) f Sranan Tongo: fufurubakru Swedish: kleptomani (sv) Tagalog: kulawin Thai: โรคชอบหยิบฉวย (rôok-chɔ̂ɔp-yìp-chǔai)

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Finnish

Etymology

klepto- +‎ -mania

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleptomɑniɑ/, [ˈkle̞pt̪o̞ˌmɑniɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): klep‧to‧ma‧ni‧a

Noun

kleptomania

1. kleptomania

Declension

Inflection of kleptomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		kleptomania	kleptomaniat
genitive		kleptomanian	kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten
partitive		kleptomaniaa	kleptomanioita
illative		kleptomaniaan	kleptomanioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kleptomania	kleptomaniat
accusative	nom.	kleptomania	kleptomaniat
	gen.	kleptomanian
genitive		kleptomanian	kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten kleptomaniainrare
partitive		kleptomaniaa	kleptomanioita
inessive		kleptomaniassa	kleptomanioissa
elative		kleptomaniasta	kleptomanioista
illative		kleptomaniaan	kleptomanioihin
adessive		kleptomanialla	kleptomanioilla
ablative		kleptomanialta	kleptomanioilta
allative		kleptomanialle	kleptomanioille
essive		kleptomaniana	kleptomanioina
translative		kleptomaniaksi	kleptomanioiksi
instructive		—	kleptomanioin
abessive		kleptomaniatta	kleptomanioitta
comitative		—	kleptomanioineen

Possessive forms of kleptomania (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kleptomaniani	kleptomaniamme
2nd person	kleptomaniasi	kleptomanianne
3rd person	kleptomaniansa

Anagrams

• kleptomaani

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō) + -mania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛp.tɔˈmaɲ.ja/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: klep‧to‧man‧ia

Noun

kleptomania f

1. kleptomania

Declension

Declension of kleptomania

	singular
nominative	kleptomania
genitive	kleptomanii
dative	kleptomanii
accusative	kleptomanię
instrumental	kleptomanią
locative	kleptomanii
vocative	kleptomanio

Further reading

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