pyromane
French, noun/pi.ʁɔ.man/
pyromane is spelled P-Y-R-O-M-A-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyromane is a French feminine noun meaning “pyromaniac (person who is obsessed with fire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne touchée par un trouble du comportement entraînant une fascination pour le feu. Dans les cas les plus…”.
What does pyromane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepyromaniac (person who is obsessed with fire)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne touchée par un trouble du comportement entraînant une fascination pour le feu. Dans les cas les plus graves, ce trouble se traduit par des pulsions qui poussent à provoquer des incendies.
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 pyromane
- pyromanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyromane?
- /pi.ʁɔ.man/
- \pi.ʁɔ.man\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pyromane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pyromane in French?
pyromane appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).