esoteric

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• UK: /ˌiː.səʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
  Play
• US: /ˌɛs.əˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
  Play
• US: /ˌɛs.oʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
  Play
• US: ěsətěr'ĭk
  Play
• US: ěsōtěr'ĭk
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• New-Jersey: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• Canada: /ˌɛs.oʊˈtɛɹ.ɪk/
  Play
• Australian: /ˌiː.səˈteɹ.ɪk/
  Play
• Australian: /ˌes.əˈteɹ.ɪk/
  Play
• Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -ɛɹɪk
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: EH2 S AH0 T EH1 R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET 2: EH2 S OW0 T EH1 R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”) (the term esoteric referred originally to the secret teachings of Greek philosophers, versus public or exoteric ones).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: geheimsinnig — understood only by a chosen few
• Bulgarian: езотеричен (ezoteričen) — understood only by a chosen few
• Bulgarian: вътрешен (vǎ́trešen) — understood only by a chosen few
• Catalan: esotèric — understood only by a chosen few
• Chinese Mandarin: 秘傳的 /秘传的 (mìchuán de) — understood only by a chosen few
• Czech: esoterický — understood only by a chosen few
• Danish: esoterisk — understood only by a chosen few
• Dutch: esoterisch — understood only by a chosen few
• Finnish: esoteerinen — understood only by a chosen few
• French: ésotérique — understood only by a chosen few
• Friulian: esoteric — understood only by a chosen few
• German: esoterisch — understood only by a chosen few
• Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós) — understood only by a chosen few
• Ancient Greek: ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós) — understood only by a chosen few
• Hungarian: ezoterikus — understood only by a chosen few
• Icelandic: heimullegur — understood only by a chosen few
• Italian: esoterico — understood only by a chosen few
• Japanese: 秘儀の (higi no) — understood only by a chosen few
• Japanese: 奥義の (ōgi no) — understood only by a chosen few
• Lithuanian: ezoterinis — understood only by a chosen few
• Macedonian: езотеричен (ezoteričen) — understood only by a chosen few
• Norwegian: esoterisk — understood only by a chosen few
• Occitan: esoteric — understood only by a chosen few
• Persian: خواصفهم (xavâs-fahm) — understood only by a chosen few
• Persian: غامض (ġâmez) — understood only by a chosen few
• Polish: ezoteryczny — understood only by a chosen few
• Polish: tajemny — understood only by a chosen few
• Portuguese: esotérico — understood only by a chosen few
• Romanian: ezoteric — understood only by a chosen few
• Russian: эзотери́ческий (ezoteríčeskij) — understood only by a chosen few
• Serbo-Croatian: езотѐричан — understood only by a chosen few
• Serbo-Croatian: ezotèričan — understood only by a chosen few
• Spanish: esotérico — understood only by a chosen few
• Swedish: esoterisk — understood only by a chosen few
• Turkish: ezoterik — understood only by a chosen few
• Turkish: içrek — understood only by a chosen few
• Turkish: bâtıni — understood only by a chosen few
• Catalan: esotèric — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Chinese Mandarin: 深晦的 (shēnhuì de) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Chinese Mandarin: 深奧的 /深奥的 (shēn'ào de) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Chinese Mandarin: 玄妙的 (xuánmiào de) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Czech: akademický — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Dutch: cerebraal — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Dutch: esoterisch — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Finnish: esoteerinen — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• French: cérébral — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• German: esoterisch — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Greek: απόκρυφος (apókryfos) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Japanese: 深遠な (shin'en na) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Macedonian: езотеричен (ezoteričen) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Māori: puri — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Norwegian: esoterisk — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Polish: zawiły — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Polish: niezrozumiały — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Portuguese: esotérico — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Russian: эзотери́ческий (ezoteríčeskij) — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Serbo-Croatian: езотѐричан — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Serbo-Croatian: ezotèričan — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Turkish: ezoterik — having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical
• Bulgarian: таен (taen) — confidential; private
• Bulgarian: поверителен (poveritelen) — confidential; private
• Catalan: esotèric — confidential; private
• Chinese Mandarin: 隱秘的 /隐秘的 (yǐnmì de) — confidential; private
• Czech: tajný — confidential; private
• Dutch: exclusief — confidential; private
• Finnish: luottamuksellinen — confidential; private
• Finnish: yksityinen — confidential; private
• German: geheim — confidential; private
• Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós) — confidential; private
• Greek: μυστικός (mystikós) — confidential; private
• Japanese: 秘密の (himitsu no) — confidential; private
• Polish: ezoteryczny — confidential; private
• Polish: tajny — confidential; private
• Polish: skryty — confidential; private
• Portuguese: confidencial — confidential; private
• Portuguese: secreto — confidential; private
• Russian: эзотери́ческий (ezoteríčeskij) — confidential; private
• Russian: та́йный (tájnyj) — confidential; private
• Russian: скры́тый (skrýtyj) — confidential; private
• Serbo-Croatian: езотѐричан — confidential; private
• Serbo-Croatian: ezotèričan — confidential; private
• Turkish: gizli — confidential; private
• Turkish: saklı — confidential; private
• Turkish: ezoterik — confidential; private