fetiche
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English
Noun
fetiche (plural fetiches)
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Interlingua
Noun
fetiche (plural fetiches)
Portuguese
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço,[1][2] from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of feitiço.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fe‧ti‧che
Noun
fetiche m (plural fetiches)
References
- ^ “fetiche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “fetiche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fetiche m (plural fetiches)
- fetish (something that is believed to possess magical powers)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: fetitxe
Further reading
- “fetiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28