Meanings
adjectiveerotic (comparative more erotic, superlative most erotic)
comparative more erotic · superlative most erotic
- Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
erotic entertainment and services
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I had an erotic dream last night.
There's a local cinema that only shows erotic movies.
The brain of a calf, sheep, and pig, young and served fresh, is reputedly erotic in its effects.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49Later ages contributed their own epichorial and distinctive manner to these universal delights in the erotic. In China, The Golden Lotus is an amazing sustained achievement.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 88Synonyms: amatory, arousing, sensual, sexy, X-rated, XXX, adult, alluring
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegiving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
- Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
- Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
- Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
- Latinerōticu
- Frenchérotique
- Englisherotic
From French érotique, from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), from ἔρως (érōs, “sexual love”).
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός
- ἐρωτικός (erōtikós)tending to arouse sexual desire
Arabic شَبَقِيّ, جِنْسِيّ
- شَبَقِيّ (šabaqiyy)tending to arouse sexual desire
- جِنْسِيّ (jinsiyy)tending to arouse sexual desire
- غَزَلِيّ (ḡazaliyy)tending to arouse sexual desire
- غَرَامِيّ (ḡarāmiyy)tending to arouse sexual desire
- عِشْقِيّ (ʕišqiyy)tending to arouse sexual desire
- شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy)tending to arouse sexual desire
Bulgarian ероти́чен
- ероти́чен (erotíčen)tending to arouse sexual desire
Catalan eròtic
- eròtictending to arouse sexual desire
Chinese Mandarin 色情的, 引起性欲的
- 色情的 (sèqíng de)tending to arouse sexual desire
- 引起性欲的 (yǐnqǐ xìngyù de)tending to arouse sexual desire
- 性愛的 /性爱的 (xìng'ài de)tending to arouse sexual desire
Czech erotický
- erotickýtending to arouse sexual desire
Danish erotisk
- erotisktending to arouse sexual desire
Dutch erotisch
- erotischtending to arouse sexual desire
Esperanto erotika
- erotikatending to arouse sexual desire
Estonian erootiline
- erootilinetending to arouse sexual desire
Finnish eroottinen, aistillinen
- eroottinentending to arouse sexual desire
- aistillinentending to arouse sexual desire
French érotique
- érotiquetending to arouse sexual desire
German erotisch
- erotischtending to arouse sexual desire
Greek ερωτικός
- ερωτικός (erotikós)tending to arouse sexual desire
Hebrew אֶרוֹטִי, אֶרוֹטִית
- אֶרוֹטִי (erotí)tending to arouse sexual desire
- אֶרוֹטִית (erotít)tending to arouse sexual desire
Hindi कामुक, शृंगारिक
- कामुक (kāmuk)tending to arouse sexual desire
- शृंगारिक (śŕṅgārik)tending to arouse sexual desire
- इश्क़िया (iśqiyā)tending to arouse sexual desire
Hungarian erotikus
- erotikustending to arouse sexual desire
Icelandic erótískur
- erótískurtending to arouse sexual desire
Indonesian erotis
- erotistending to arouse sexual desire
Irish earótach, anghrách
- earótachtending to arouse sexual desire
- anghráchtending to arouse sexual desire
Italian erotico
- eroticotending to arouse sexual desire
Japanese エロチックな, 色っぽい
- エロチックな (erochikku na)tending to arouse sexual desire
- 色っぽい (iroppoi)tending to arouse sexual desire
- エロ (ero)tending to arouse sexual desire
- エロい (eroy)tending to arouse sexual desire
Korean 사랑적, 성적
- 사랑적 (sarangjeok)tending to arouse sexual desire
- 성적 (seongjeok)tending to arouse sexual desire
- 에로 (ero)tending to arouse sexual desire
Latvian erotisks
- erotiskstending to arouse sexual desire
Lithuanian erotinis, erotiškas
- erotinistending to arouse sexual desire
- erotiškastending to arouse sexual desire
Norwegian Bokmål erotisk
- erotisktending to arouse sexual desire
Persian اروتیکی, اروتیک
- اروتیکی (erotiki)tending to arouse sexual desire
- اروتیک (erotik)tending to arouse sexual desire
- شهوانی (šahvâni)tending to arouse sexual desire
Polish erotyczny
- erotycznytending to arouse sexual desire
Portuguese erótico
- eróticotending to arouse sexual desire
Romanian erotic
- erotictending to arouse sexual desire
Russian эроти́ческий, эроти́чный
- эроти́ческий (erotíčeskij)tending to arouse sexual desire
- эроти́чный (erotíčnyj)tending to arouse sexual desire
Scottish Gaelic drùis-mhiannach
- drùis-mhiannachtending to arouse sexual desire
Slovak erotický
- erotickýtending to arouse sexual desire
Spanish erótico, sicalíptico
- eróticotending to arouse sexual desire
- sicalípticotending to arouse sexual desire
Swedish erotisk
- erotisktending to arouse sexual desire
Thai อีโรติก
- อีโรติก (īi-rōo-dtìk)tending to arouse sexual desire
Turkish erotik, kösnül
- erotiktending to arouse sexual desire
- kösnültending to arouse sexual desire
- şehvetlitending to arouse sexual desire
- şehvanitending to arouse sexual desire
- şehevitending to arouse sexual desire
- erosaltending to arouse sexual desire
- erosçutending to arouse sexual desire
Ukrainian ероти́чний
- ероти́чний (erotýčnyj)tending to arouse sexual desire
Urdu عشقیہ, شہوانی
- عشقیہ ('iśqiyā)tending to arouse sexual desire
- شہوانی (śahvānī)tending to arouse sexual desire
Vietnamese tình ái, tình dục
- tình áitending to arouse sexual desire
- tình dụctending to arouse sexual desire
- khiêu dâmtending to arouse sexual desire
Yiddish עראָטיש
- עראָטיש (erotish)tending to arouse sexual desire
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with erotic
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Cite this entry
APA
erotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotic
MLA
“erotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erotic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotic.
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