tulipomanie

Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from French tulipomanie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ty.li.poː.maː.ni/
Hyphenation: tu‧li‧po‧ma‧nie

Noun

tulipomanie f (uncountable)

(dated, historical) tulip mania [from early 19th c.]
Synonyms: tulpengekte, tulpenmanie, tulpenwoede
(dated) a fondness or obsession for tulips (generally not involving speculative bubbles) [from early or mid 19th c.]
Synonym: tulpenwoede

French

Etymology

From tulipe +‎ -manie.

Noun

tulipomanie f (plural tulipomanies)

tulipomania

Further reading

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

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