kleptomanie
French, noun/klɛp.tɔ.ma.ni/
kleptomanie is spelled K-L-E-P-T-O-M-A-N-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleptomanie 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 kleptomanie 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 kleptomanie
- cleptomanie alternative
- kleptomanies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kleptomanie?
- /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 kleptomanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kleptomanie in French?
kleptomanie appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).