μεγαλομανία

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French mégalomanie, a Greek classical compound from mégalo- + manie (μεγαλο- (“megalo-”) +‎ μανία (“mania”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.ɣa.lo.maˈni.a/
  • Hyphenation: με‧γα‧λο‧μα‧νί‧α

Noun

μεγαλομανία • (megalomanía) f (plural μεγαλομανίες)

  1. (medicine) megalomania

Declension

Declension of μεγαλομανία
singular plural
nominative μεγαλομανία • μεγαλομανίες •
genitive μεγαλομανίας • μεγαλομανιών •
accusative μεγαλομανία • μεγαλομανίες •
vocative μεγαλομανία • μεγαλομανίες •

References

  1. ^ μεγαλομανία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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