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erotic

  • /ɪˈɹɒtɪk/ UK
  • /ɪˈɹɑtɪk/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • [ɪˈɹɑɾɪk] Atlantic Canada, US
  • /əˈɹɑtɪk/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • [əˈɹɑɾɪk] Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ɪˈɹɒtɪk/ Canada, dialectal
  • [ɪˈɹɒɾɪk] Canada, dialectal
  • [əˈɹɔ̟tək] New Zealand
  • [əˈɹɔ̟ɾək] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒtɪk

Where it comes from

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

adjective more erotic · most erotic

  1. Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement. erotic entertainment and services

    Similar: amatory, arousing, sensual, sexy, X-rated, XXX, adult, alluring, amative, anacreontic, aphrodisiac, carnal

Opposite: unerotic

noun erotics

  1. An amorous composition or poem.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sexy, titillating, sex, porno, pornographic, porn, pornography, sexual, nudie, obscene, vice, hot, lap, stag, amorous, passionate

adjective

Opposite: unerotic

Translations

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adj tending to arouse sexual desire

Españolerótico, sicalíptico
한국어사랑적 sarangjeok, 성적 seongjeok, 에로 ero
日本語エロチックな erochikku na, 色っぽい iroppoi, エロ ero, エロい eroy
中文色情的 sèqíng de, 引起性欲的 yǐnqǐ xìngyù de, 性愛的 /性爱的 xìng'ài de
हिन्दीकामुक kāmuk, शृंगारिक śŕṅgārik, इश्क़िया iśqiyā
Portuguêserótico
Françaisérotique
Deutscherotisch
Italianoerotico
Ελληνικάερωτικός erotikós
Românăerotic
Русскийэроти́ческий erotíčeskij, эроти́чный erotíčnyj
Tiếng Việttình ái, tình dục, khiêu dâm
العربيةشَبَقِيّ šabaqiyy, جِنْسِيّ jinsiyy, غَزَلِيّ ḡazaliyy, غَرَامِيّ ḡarāmiyy, عِشْقِيّ ʕišqiyy, شَهْوَانِيّ šahwāniyy
עבריתאֶרוֹטִי erotí, אֶרוֹטִית erotít

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@misc{erotic_2026,
  title = {erotic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/erotic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}