aphrodisiac

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakos, “venereal”), from Άφροδίσιος (Aphrodisios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdi.zi.æk/, /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdɪ.zi.æk/

Adjective

aphrodisiac (not comparable)

1. Arousing or intensifying sexual desire

Antonyms

• antaphrodisiac

Translations

intensifying sexual desire

• Finnish: sukuviettiä kiihottava
• French: aphrodisiaque (fr)
• German: aphrodisisch (de)

• Icelandic: lostavekjandi (is) m, kynorkuaukandi (is) m, kynorkuaukandi (is) m, lostaörvandi (is) m
• Turkish: afrodizyak (tr)

Noun

aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs)

1. A food or drug having such an effect
   • "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" -Henry Kissinger

Antonyms

• antaphrodisiac

Related terms

aphrodisia aphrodisiacal aphrodisiomania

Translations

food or drug

• Chinese: 春藥, 春药 chūn yào
• Czech: afrodiziakum (cs) n
• Danish: afrodisiakum (da) n
• Dutch: afrodisiacum n
• Finnish: sukuviettiä kiihottava aine
• French: aphrodisiaque (fr) m
• German: Aphrodisiakum (de) n

• Icelandic: ástalyf (is) n, frygðarlyf (is) n, kynorkulyf (is) n, frygðarauki (is) m
• Japanese: 媚薬 (biyaku)
• Polish: afrodyzjak (pl) m
• Russian: афродизиак (ru) (afrodiziak) m
• Spanish: afrodisíaco (es) m
• Swedish: afrodisiakum (sv) n
• Turkish: afrodizyak (tr)

See also

• Butea superba

External links

• aphrodisiac in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• aphrodisiac in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911