maniac

maniac

See also: maniąc, maníac, and -maniac

English

Alternative forms

• maniack (obsolete)

Etymology

From mania +‎ -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Doublet of manic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪniˌæk/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ac
• Rhymes: -eɪniæk

Noun

maniac (plural maniacs)

1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

   She was driving like a maniac.

2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

   He's a manga maniac.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maniac.

Synonyms

• madling

Derived terms

• brainiac
• trainiac

Related terms

• -maniac
• mania
• maniacal

Translations

insane person

Armenian: մոլագար (hy) (molagar), մանյակ (hy) (manyak) Belarusian: манья́к m (manʹják), манья́чка f (manʹjáčka) Bulgarian: маниа́к (bg) m (maniák) Catalan: maníac (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 瘋子／疯子 (zh) (fēngzi), 狂人 (zh) (kuángrén) Czech: maniak m Dutch: maniak (nl) m, waanzinnige (nl), dolleman (nl) Esperanto: maniulo Finnish: maanikko (fi) French: maniaque (fr) m or f German: Irrer (de) m, Irre (de) f Greek: μανιακός (el) m (maniakós) Hebrew: משוגע \\ מְשֻׁגָּע‎ (he) m (m'shugá), מַנְיַאק‎ m (man'iyak) (slang, vulgar) Italian: maniaco (it) Japanese: 狂人 (ja) (きょうじん, kyōjin) Kikuyu: mũgũrũki class 1 Korean: 광인(狂人) (ko) (gwang'in) Macedonian: манијак m (manijak) Persian: دیوانه‎ (fa) (divâne), اُسکُل‎ (fa) (oskol) Polish: maniak (pl) m, maniaczka f Portuguese: maníaco (pt) m Romanian: maniac (ro) Russian: манья́к (ru) m (manʹják), манья́чка (ru) f (manʹjáčka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ма̀нија̄к m Roman: mànijāk (sh) m Slovak: maniak m Slovene: manijak m Spanish: maníaco (es) m, maniaco (es) m Swedish: maniker (sv) c Turkish: manyak (tr) Ukrainian: манія́к m (maniják), манія́чка f (manijáčka)

fanatic, obsessive

Armenian: մոլագար (hy) (molagar), մանյակ (hy) (manyak) Catalan: maniàtic Chinese: Mandarin: 狂熱分子／狂热分子 (kuángrè fènzǐ), (suffix) -迷 (zh) (-mí) Czech: maniak m Dutch: maniak (nl) m Finnish: fanaatikko (fi), kiihkoilija (fi) French: maniaque (fr) m or f, cinglé (fr) m, cinglée (fr) f Greek: μανιακός (el) m (maniakós) Hebrew: מַנְיַאק‎ m (man'iyak) (slang, vulgar) Hungarian: -mániás, -őrült (hu), -bolond (hu) Italian: maniaco (it) Polish: maniak (pl) m, maniaczka f Portuguese: maníaco (pt) m Russian: манья́к (ru) m (manʹják), манья́чка (ru) f (manʹjáčka) Spanish: maniático (es)

Anagrams

• Mancia, caiman, mancia

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Romanian

Etymology

From French maniaque.

Adjective

maniac m or n (feminine singular maniacă, masculine plural maniaci, feminine and neuter plural maniace)

1. maniacal

Declension

Declension of maniac

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	maniac		maniacă	maniaci	maniace
	definite	maniacul		maniaca	maniacii	maniacele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	maniac		maniace	maniaci	maniace
	definite	maniacului		maniacei	maniacilor	maniacelor