pyromaniac

English

Etymology

From pyro- +‎ -maniac.

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈmeɪniæk/, /ˌpaɪɹəˈmeɪniæk/
• Rhymes: -eɪniæk

Noun

pyromaniac (plural pyromaniacs)

1. A person experiencing pyromania.

Related terms

• pyromania
• pyromanic
• pyromaniacal

Translations

one who is obsessed with fire

• Catalan: piròman (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縱火狂者 / 纵火狂者 (zònghuǒkuángzhě), 放火狂者 (fànghuǒkuángzhě)

• Danish: pyroman c
• Dutch: pyromaan (nl) m
• Finnish: pyromaani (fi)
• French: pyromane (fr) m or f
• German: Pyromane (de) m
• Greek: πυρομανής (el) m or f (pyromanís)
• Hebrew: פירומן (he) m (piroman)
• Icelandic: brennuvargur (is) m
• Italian: piromane (it)
• Japanese: 放火魔 (ほうかま, hōkama)
• Polish: piroman (pl) m, piromanka f
• Portuguese: piromaníaco m, pirómano m (Portugal), pirômano m (Brazil)
• Russian: пирома́н (ru) m (piromán)
• Sicilian: piròmani
• Slovene: piroman (sl) m
• Spanish: pirómano (es) m
• Swedish: pyroman (sv) c

See also

• arsonist

Further reading

• Pyromania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia