noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/
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CMU ARPABET:IH0 R AA1 T IH0 K AH0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A work of erotica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticabor. English erotica From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic + -ica.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شَبَقِيَّة
(šabaqiyya)
— erotic literature or art
Armenian:
էրոտիկա
(ērotika)
— erotic literature or art
Belarusian:
эро́тыка
(erótyka)
— erotic literature or art
Bengali:
কামোদ্দীপক সৃষ্টিকর্ম
(kamōddipok sriśṭikormo)
— erotic literature or art
Bulgarian:
еро́тика
(erótika)
— erotic literature or art
Chinese Mandarin:
色情作品
(sèqíng zuòpǐn)
— erotic literature or art
Chinese Mandarin:
淫穢書畫 /淫秽书画
(yínhuì shūhuà)
— erotic literature or art
Czech:
erotika
— erotic literature or art
Danish:
erotik
— erotic literature or art
Dutch:
erotica
— erotic literature or art
Estonian:
erootika
— erotic literature or art
Finnish:
eroottinen kirjallisuus
— erotic literature or art
French:
érotisme
— erotic literature or art
Georgian:
ეროტიკა
(eroṭiḳa)
— erotic literature or art
German:
Erotik
— erotic literature or art
Hungarian:
erotika
— erotic literature or art
Italian:
erotismo
— erotic literature or art
Japanese:
色情作品
(shikijō sakuhin)
— erotic literature or art
Japanese:
エロティカ
(erotika)
— erotic literature or art
Korean:
색정 작품
(saekjeong jakpum)
— erotic literature or art
Korean:
에로티카
(erotika)
— erotic literature or art
Korean:
성애물
(seong'aemul)
— erotic literature or art
Latvian:
erotika
— erotic literature or art
Lithuanian:
erotika
— erotic literature or art
Macedonian:
еротика
(erotika)
— erotic literature or art
Norwegian Bokmål:
erotikk
— erotic literature or art
Norwegian Nynorsk:
erotikk
— erotic literature or art
Polish:
erotyka
— erotic literature or art
Polish:
erotyzm
— erotic literature or art
Portuguese:
erotismo
— erotic literature or art
Portuguese:
erótica
— erotic literature or art
Romanian:
erotism
— erotic literature or art
Russian:
эро́тика
(erótika)
— erotic literature or art
Serbo-Croatian:
еро̀тика
— erotic literature or art
Serbo-Croatian:
eròtika
— erotic literature or art
Slovak:
erotika
— erotic literature or art
Slovene:
erotika
— erotic literature or art
Spanish:
erótica
— erotic literature or art
Swedish:
erotik
— erotic literature or art
Ukrainian:
еро́тика
(erótyka)
— erotic literature or art
