mégalomanie
French, noun\me.ɡa.lɔ.ma.ni\
mégalomanie is spelled M-É-G-A-L-O-M-A-N-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mégalomanie is a French feminine noun meaning “megalomania (psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manie qui consiste soit en un désir insatiable de gloire, de grandeur, soit dans l’illusion qu’on les possède”.
What does mégalomanie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemegalomania (psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manie qui consiste soit en un désir insatiable de gloire, de grandeur, soit dans l’illusion qu’on les possède.
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 mégalomanie
- mégalomanies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mégalomanie?
- \me.ɡa.lɔ.ma.ni\
- [me.ɡa.lɔ.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 mégalomanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mégalomanie in French?
mégalomanie appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).