how to pronounce maniac

/ˈmɛɪniːˌæk/

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maniac is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of maniac pronunciation

An example use of maniac in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… my boyfriend laughing like a maniac in …”

meaning of maniac

A maniac is someone who is crazy or has a mental illness.

maniac frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word maniac occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics maniac can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that maniac can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;