noun
Meaning 1
A person experiencing pyromania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pyromaniac
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General-American: /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈmeɪniæk/
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General-American: /ˌpaɪɹəˈmeɪniæk/
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rhymes with -eɪniæk
noun
Meaning 2
a person with a mania for setting things on fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lunatic, madman, maniac
History
Etymology
From pyro- + -maniac.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: piròman — one who is obsessed with fire
- Chinese Mandarin: 縱火狂者 /纵火狂者 (zònghuǒkuángzhě) — one who is obsessed with fire
- Chinese Mandarin: 放火狂者 (fànghuǒkuángzhě) — one who is obsessed with fire
- Danish: pyroman — one who is obsessed with fire
- Dutch: pyromaan — one who is obsessed with fire
- Finnish: pyromaani — one who is obsessed with fire
- French: pyromane — one who is obsessed with fire
- German: Pyromane — one who is obsessed with fire
- Greek: πυρομανής (pyromanís) — one who is obsessed with fire
- Hebrew: פירומן (piroman) — one who is obsessed with fire
- Icelandic: brennuvargur — one who is obsessed with fire
- Italian: piromane — one who is obsessed with fire
- Japanese: 放火魔 (hōkama) — one who is obsessed with fire
- Polish: piroman — one who is obsessed with fire
- Polish: piromanka — one who is obsessed with fire
- Portuguese: piromaníaco — one who is obsessed with fire
- Portuguese: pirómano — one who is obsessed with fire
- Portuguese: pirômano — one who is obsessed with fire
- Russian: пирома́н (piromán) — one who is obsessed with fire
- Sicilian: piròmani — one who is obsessed with fire
- Slovene: piroman — one who is obsessed with fire
- Spanish: pirómano — one who is obsessed with fire
- Swedish: pyroman — one who is obsessed with fire