pyromanie
French, noun/pi.ʁɔ.ma.ni/
pyromanie is spelled P-Y-R-O-M-A-N-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pyromanie is a French feminine noun meaning “pyromania” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manie incendiaire, impulsion obsédante qui pousse de façon irrépressible, certaines personnes à allumer des…”.
What does pyromanie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepyromania
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manie incendiaire, impulsion obsédante qui pousse de façon irrépressible, certaines personnes à allumer 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 pyromanie
- pyromanies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pyromanie?
- /pi.ʁɔ.ma.ni/
- \pi.ʁɔ.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 pyromanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pyromanie in French?
pyromanie appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).