English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdi.zi.æk/, /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdɪ.zi.æk/
- Hyphenation: aph‧ro‧di‧si‧ac
Adjective
aphrodisiac (not comparable)
- Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
Antonyms
Translations
intensifying sexual desire
Noun
aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs)
- Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
Antonyms
Translations
food or drug
- Catalan: afrodisíac m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 春藥, 春药 (chūnyào)
- Czech: afrodiziakum n
- Danish: afrodisiakum (da) n
- Dutch: afrodisiacum (nl) n
- Finnish: lemmenruoka (food); lemmenjuoma (drink); lemmenrohto, lemmenlääke (drug); afrodisiaka (fi), afrodisiakki (fi)
- French: aphrodisiaque (fr) m
- German: Aphrodisiakum (de) n
- Icelandic: ástalyf n, frygðarlyf n, kynorkulyf n, frygðarauki m
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- Italian: afrodisiaco (it) m
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- Japanese: 媚薬 (biyaku), 催淫剤 (さいいんざい, sai'inzai)
- Korean: 춘약(春藥) (chunyak), 미약(媚藥) (miyak), 음약(淫藥) (eumyak), 최음제(催淫劑) (choeeumje), 강정제(強精劑) (gangjeongje)
- Polish: afrodyzjak (pl) m
- Portuguese: afrodisíaco (pt) m
- Romanian: afrodiziac (ro) n
- Russian: афродизиа́к (ru) m (afrodiziák)
- Spanish: afrodisíaco (es) m
- Swahili: mkuyati
- Swedish: afrodisiakum (sv) n
- Turkish: afrodizyak (tr)
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See also
Further reading
- “aphrodisiac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aphrodisiac”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.