manie
French, noun
manie is spelled M-A-N-I-E (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manie is a French feminine noun meaning “mania” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of manier. With an accent, manié is a different word: “past participle of manier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’exaltation extrême de l’humeur avec agitation psychomotrice, associé à des symptômes physiques comme…”.
What does manie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemania
- 2
femininehabit; idiosyncrasy
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
suffix
- 1
-mania
verb
- 1
past participle of manier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’exaltation extrême de l’humeur avec agitation psychomotrice, associé à des symptômes physiques comme la tachycardie, l’hyperthermie et des modifications de l’appétit. 2. Habitude bizarre, contraire à la raison. 3. Goût porté jusqu’à l’excès.
suffix: 1. Voyez manie.
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 manie
- manies plural
- maniée feminine
- maniés masculine plural
- maniées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to manie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manie in French?
manie appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).