melomaniac

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/
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• rhymes with -eɪniæk
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From melo- (prefix meaning “music”) (from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song; melody, tune”)) + -maniac (from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), an adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness; mad desire, compulsion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”)).

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: melomaan — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Finnish: melomaanikko — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• French: mélomane — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• German: Melomane — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• German: Melomanin — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Greek: φιλόμουσος (filómousos) — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Greek: μελομανής (melomanís) — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Polish: meloman — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Polish: melomanka — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Russian: мелома́н (melomán) — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Russian: мелома́нка (melománka) — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Spanish: melómano — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
• Spanish: melómanos — one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music