Meaning

2 senses
  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

    She was driving like a maniac.

    Irrer, Irre

    манья́кmanʹják, манья́чкаmanʹjáčka

    манія́кmaniják, манія́чкаmanijáčka

    an insane person

  2. (figuratively)A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

    He's a manga maniac.

    Verrückter, Verrückte

    манья́кmanʹják, манья́чкаmanʹjáčka

    a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something

Examples

57 sentences
  1. Tom is a maniac.

    Том — маньяк. — deniko

    ruТом маньяк. — odexed

    deTom ist ein Verrückter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I'm not a maniac.

  3. Are you all maniacs?

  4. Tom drives like a maniac.

    ruТом водит как маньяк. — sharptoothed

    deTom fährt wie ein Verrückter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom worked like a maniac.

    ruТом работал как сумасшедший. — marafon

    deTom arbeitete wie ein Besessener. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
insane person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
insane person:
fanatic, obsessive:

Origin

From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Gr

From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Compare manic.

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