tricotilomania
Portuguese, noun/tɾi.ko.t͡ʃi.lo.maˈni.ɐ/
tricotilomania is spelled T-R-I-C-O-T-I-L-O-M-A-N-I-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tricotilomania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “trichotillomania (disorder in which the patient compulsively pulls their hair out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “compulsão desmedida por mexer nos cabelos”.
What does tricotilomania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrichotillomania (disorder in which the patient compulsively pulls their hair out)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. compulsão desmedida por mexer nos cabelos.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce tricotilomania?
- Brazil /tɾi.ko.t͡ʃi.lo.maˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɾi.ku.ti.lu.mɐˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tricotilomania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tricotilomania in Portuguese?
tricotilomania appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).