Erotic

English

Adjective

Erotic (comparative more Erotic, superlative most Erotic)

1. Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

Adverbs for Erotic

amorously; tenderly; seductively; ardently; captivatingly; unduly; notably; particularly; interestingly; rapturously.

Synonyms for Erotic

amorous, sexual, sensual, amatory, passionate, concupiscent, lustful, ardent, exciting, erogenous, carnal, libidinous, arousing, sexy.

Antonyms for Erotic

cold, frigid, spiritual, passionless, celibate, suppressed.

Derived terms

• techno-erotic

Related terms

• erotic massage
• erotica
• erotically
• eroticise (also eroticize)
• eroticism
• erotomania

Thesaurus

amative, amatory, amorous, anacreontic, animal, aphrodisiac, aphrodisiomaniacal, ardent, arousing, bawdy, blue, canal, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, desirous, dirty, earthy, epicurean, erogenic, erogenous, eroticomaniacal, erotogenic, erotomaniacal, fervent, fervid, filthy, fleshly, gamic, goatish, gynecomaniacal, heterosexual, horny, hot, hysteromaniacal, impassioned, ithyphallic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinal, libidinous, lickerish, loverlike, loverly, lovesome, lubricious, lubricous, lustful, nasty, naughty, nuptial, nymphomaniacal, obscene, oversexed, passionate, pornographic, potent, priapic, procreative, prurient, randy, ribald, risque, rousing, salacious, satyric, seductive, sensual, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, spicy, stimulating, straight, suggestive, titillating, undersexed, venereal, voluptuous

Etymology

From French érotique, from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikos, “related to love”), from ἔρως (erōs, “sexual love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈɹɒtɪk/

  Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Translations

tending to arouse sexual desire

Arabic: شبقي (ar) (shabaqiy), جنسي (ar) (jinsiy), غزلي (ar) (ghazaliy), غرامي (ar) (gharaamiy), عشقي (ar) (3ishqiy), شهواني (ar) (shahwaaniy) Chinese: Mandarin: 色情的 (cmn) (sèqíng-de), 引起性欲的 (cmn) (yǐnqǐ xìngyù-de), 性愛的 (cmn), 性爱的 (cmn) (xìng'ài-de) Dutch: erotisch (nl) Esperanto: erotika (eo) Finnish: eroottinen (fi), aistillinen (fi) French: érotique (fr) German: erotisch (de) Greek: ερωτικός (el) (erotikós) Ido: erotika (io) Interlingua: erotic (ia) Italian: erotico (it) Japanese: エロチック (ja) (erochikku), 色っぽい (ja) (いろっぽい, iroppoi)

Korean: 사랑적 (ko) (sarangjeok), 성적 (ko) (seongjeok), 에로 (ko) (ero) Kurdish: erotîk (ku), şehwetî (ku), seksî (ku), pornografîk (ku) Lithuanian: erotinis (lt), erotiškas (lt) Persian: اروتیکی (fa) (erotiki) Polish: erotyczny (pl) m. Portuguese: erótico (pt) Romanian: erotic (ro) Russian: эротический (ru) (erotíčjeskij), эротичный (ru) (erotíčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: drùis-mhiannach Serbo-Croatian: еро̀тичан (sh), eròtičan (sh) Slovene: erótičen (sl) Spanish: erótico (es) Turkish: erotik (tr), kösnül (tr), şehvetli (tr) Vietnamese: tình ái (vi), tình dục (vi)

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Romanian

Etymology

French érotique

Pronunciation

• IPA: [eˈrotik]

Adjective

Erotic ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. erotic

Declension

declension of Erotic</small>

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	Erotic	Erotic	Erotică	Erotici	Erotice	Erotice
	definite	Eroticul	Eroticul	Erotica	Eroticii	Eroticele	Eroticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	Erotic	Erotic	Erotice	Erotici	Erotice	Erotice
	definite	Eroticului	Eroticului	Eroticei	Eroticilor	Eroticelor	Eroticelor