maniaque

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin maniacus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). By surface analysis, manie +‎ -aque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.njak/

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Adjective

maniaque (plural maniaques)

1. maniacal, mental
2. obsessive-compulsive, OCD
3. (informal) fastidious, fussy, house-proud

Noun

maniaque m or f by sense (plural maniaques)

1. maniac (insane person)
2. (informal) person obsessed with something, fanatic about something

   un maniaque du rangement, un maniaque de la propreté ― a neat freak, a clean freak

3. (informal, by ellipsis) neat freak, clean freak

Descendants

• → Czech: maniak
• → Dutch: maniak
• → English: maniac
  • → Cebuano: manyak, manyakis
  • → Malay: maniak
  • → Tagalog: manyak, manyakis
• → Polish: maniak
• → Romanian: maniac
• → Turkish: manyak

Further reading

• “maniaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

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Noun

maniaque m (plural maniaques)

1. (Jersey) crank