exotic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American, dialectal: /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/ of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: [ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk] of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/ of the US
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• Australian: /ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/
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• Australian: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɒtɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 G Z AA1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مجلوب — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Bulgarian: екзотичен (ekzotičen) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Catalan: exòtic — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Chinese Mandarin: 有異國情調 /有异国情调 (yǒu yìguó qíngdiào) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Chinese Mandarin: 外來的 /外来的 (wàiláide) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Chinese Mandarin: 異國的 /异国的 (yìguóde) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Czech: exotický — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Czech: cizokrajný — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Danish: eksotisk — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Dutch: exotisch — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Esperanto: ekzotika — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Esperanto: ekzota — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Finnish: eksoottinen — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• French: exotique — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Galician: exótico — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• German: exotisch — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Greek: εξωτικός (exotikós) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Ancient Greek: ἔξεδρος (éxedros) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Hungarian: egzotikus — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Ido: exotika — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Indonesian: eksotis — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Irish: andúchasach — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Irish: coimhthíoch — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Italian: esotico — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Japanese: エキゾチック (ekizochikku) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Korean: 이국적인 (igukjeogin) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Korean: 이국풍의 (igukpung'ui) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Latin: peregrinus — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Latvian: eksotisks — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Lithuanian: egzotiškas — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Manx: andooghyssagh — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Māori: rāwaho — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Māori: tauhou — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksotisk — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksotisk — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Occitan: exotic — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Persian: غریب (ġarib) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Persian: اگزوتیک (egzotik) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Polish: egzotyczny — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Portuguese: exótico — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Romanian: exotic — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Russian: экзоти́ческий (ekzotíčeskij) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Russian: экзоти́чный (ekzotíčnyj) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Scottish Gaelic: coimheach — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Scottish Gaelic: allmharach — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Serbo-Croatian: егзо̀тичан — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Serbo-Croatian: egzòtičan — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Spanish: exótico — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Swedish: exotisk — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Tagalog: eksotiko — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Tagalog: kakaiba — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Ukrainian: екзоти́чний (ekzotýčnyj) — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Vietnamese: kì lạ — foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign
• Arabic: دخيل — non-native to the ecosystem
• Catalan: exòtic — non-native to the ecosystem
• Chinese Mandarin: 外來的 /外来的 (wàilái de) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Chinese Mandarin: 引進的 /引进的 (yǐnjìn de) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Czech: nepůvodní — non-native to the ecosystem
• Dutch: uitheems — non-native to the ecosystem
• Dutch: exotisch — non-native to the ecosystem
• Esperanto: neindiĝena — non-native to the ecosystem
• Finnish: vieras — non-native to the ecosystem
• Finnish: eksoottinen — non-native to the ecosystem
• French: exotique — non-native to the ecosystem
• German: exotisch — non-native to the ecosystem
• Greek: εξωτικός (exotikós) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Greek: ξένος (xénos) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Hungarian: egzotikus — non-native to the ecosystem
• Ido: exotika — non-native to the ecosystem
• Indonesian: eksotis — non-native to the ecosystem
• Irish: andúchasach — non-native to the ecosystem
• Japanese: 外来 (gairai) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Korean: 외래의 (oerae'ui) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Korean: 외국산의 (oeguksanui) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Māori: rāwaho — non-native to the ecosystem
• Polish: egzotyczny — non-native to the ecosystem
• Portuguese: exótico — non-native to the ecosystem
• Russian: экзоти́ческий (ekzotíčeskij) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Scottish Gaelic: eilthireach — non-native to the ecosystem
• Serbo-Croatian: егзо̀тичан — non-native to the ecosystem
• Serbo-Croatian: egzòtičan — non-native to the ecosystem
• Spanish: exótico — non-native to the ecosystem
• Swedish: exotisk — non-native to the ecosystem
• Tagalog: eksotiko — non-native to the ecosystem
• Ukrainian: екзоти́чний (ekzotýčnyj) — non-native to the ecosystem
• Vietnamese: ngoại lai — non-native to the ecosystem
• Czech: exot — organism exotic to an environment
• Dutch: exoot — organism exotic to an environment
• Finnish: eksoottinen laji — organism exotic to an environment
• French: exotique — organism exotic to an environment
• German: Exot — organism exotic to an environment
• Greek: εξωτικός (exotikós) — organism exotic to an environment
• Portuguese: (organismo) exótico — organism exotic to an environment
• Russian: экзо́т (ekzót) — organism exotic to an environment
• Tagalog: eksotiko — organism exotic to an environment
• Tagalog: kakaiba — organism exotic to an environment
• Vietnamese: sinh vật ngoại lai — organism exotic to an environment