erotica

See also: erótica, eròtica, and erotică

English

Etymology

From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/

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Noun

erotica (uncountable)

1. Erotic literature, art, decoration or other such work.

   There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.

   • 2011, Patrick Spedding; James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114:

     In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.

Usage notes

This word sometimes encompasses only material that is not pornographic and has or is purported to have artistic or social value, but also can include pornography, depending on the context and speaker.

Translations

erotic literature or art

• Arabic: شَبَقِيَّة‎ f (šabaqiyya)
• Armenian: էրոտիկա (hy) (ērotika)
• Belarusian: эро́тыка f (erótyka)
• Bengali: কামোদ্দীপক সৃষ্টিকর্ম (bn) (kamōddipok sriśṭikormo)
• Bulgarian: еро́тика (bg) f (erótika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色情作品 (sèqíng zuòpǐn), 淫穢書畫／淫秽书画 (yínhuì shūhuà)

• Czech: erotika (cs) f
• Danish: erotik c
• Dutch: erotica (nl) f
• Estonian: erootika
• Finnish: eroottinen kirjallisuus
• French: érotisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ეროტიკა (eroṭiḳa)
• German: Erotik (de) f
• Hungarian: erotika (hu)
• Italian: erotismo (it) m
• Japanese: 色情作品 (しきじょうさくひん, shikijō sakuhin), エロティカ (erotika)
• Korean: 색정 작품(色情作品) (saekjeong jakpum), 에로티카 (erotika), 성애물(性愛物) (seong'aemul)
• Latvian: erotika f
• Lithuanian: erotika f
• Macedonian: еротика f (erotika)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: erotikk m

  Nynorsk: erotikk m

• Polish: erotyka (pl) f, erotyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: erotismo (pt) m, erótica (pt) f
• Romanian: erotism (ro) n
• Russian: эро́тика (ru) f (erótika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еро̀тика f

  Roman: eròtika (sh) f

• Slovak: erotika (sk) f
• Slovene: erotika f
• Spanish: erótica (es) f
• Swedish: erotik (sv) c
• Ukrainian: еро́тика f (erótyka)

Danish

Alternative forms

• erotika

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /erotika/, [eˈʁoˀtˢikʰa]

Noun

erotica (plural only)

1. erotica

Dutch

Etymology

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin erōtica, but possibly borrowed from another language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈroː.ti.kaː/
• Hyphenation: ero‧ti‧ca

Noun

erotica f (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) erotica (erotic subject matter)

   Synonym: erotiek

Usage notes

In Dutch erotica is more commonly used as a plural (see below) than as a singular noun.

Related terms

• erotiek
• erotisch

Noun

erotica

1. Plural form of eroticum

Italian

Adjective

erotica

1. feminine singular of erotico

Anagrams

• acetirò, cairote, coitare, corteai, teorica

Latin

Adjective

erōtica

1. inflection of erōticus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

erōticā

1. ablative feminine singular of erōticus

Occitan

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Adjective

erotica

1. feminine singular of erotic

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈrotika]

Adjective

erotica

1. definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of erotic (“erotic”)

Noun

erotica f

1. definite singular nominative/accusative of erotică (“erotica”)