cleptomanie
French, noun/klɛp.tɔ.ma.ni/
cleptomanie is spelled C-L-E-P-T-O-M-A-N-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cleptomanie is a French feminine noun meaning “kleptomania” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tendance pathologique et irrésistible à commettre des vols, sans que les objets volés aient une quelconque…”.
What does cleptomanie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekleptomania
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tendance pathologique et irrésistible à commettre des vols, sans que les objets volés aient une quelconque utilité pour l’auteur de ces vols.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cleptomanie
- kleptomanie alternative
- cleptomanies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cleptomanie?
- /klɛp.tɔ.ma.ni/
- \klɛp.tɔ.ma.ni\
- [klɛp.tɔ.ma.ni]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cleptomanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cleptomanie in French?
cleptomanie appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).