exotisk

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós).

Adjective

exotisk

1. exotic

Inflection

Inflection of exotisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	exotisk	mer exotisk	mest exotisk
neuter singular	exotiskt	mer exotiskt	mest exotiskt
plural	exotiska	mer exotiska	mest exotiska
masculine plural2	exotiske	mer exotiska	mest exotiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	exotiske	mer exotiske	mest exotiske
all	exotiska	mer exotiska	mest exotiska

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• exotism

References

• “exotisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “exotisk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “exotisk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)