erotiek

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French érotique, from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.roːˈtik/
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  • Hyphenation: ero‧tiek
  • Rhymes: -ik

Noun

erotiek f (uncountable)

  1. eroticism (erotic love, erotic activity)
  2. erotica (erotic subject matter)
    Synonym: erotica
    • 1871, “De pseudo-Dioskorides”, in Los en vast, page 396:
      Als wij van jeugdige lichtzinnigheid hooren, denken we in den regel veeleer aan zekere hooggekleurde erotiek dan aan dichterlijke overpeinzingen naar aanleiding, b.v., van de schrale onderwijzerstraktementen of van den hoofdelijken omslag.
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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: erotiek
  • West Frisian: erotyk