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English

Noun

exotica

1. plural of exotic
2. curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.

Translations

Noun

exotica (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the islands of the South Pacific.

References

• 2012. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8. Pg. 204.

Anagrams

• caoxite

Latin

Adjective

ex?tica

1. nominative feminine singular of ex?ticus
2. nominative neuter plural of ex?ticus
3. accusative neuter plural of ex?ticus
4. vocative feminine singular of ex?ticus
5. nominative neuter plural of ex?ticus

Adjective

ex?tic?

1. ablative feminine singular of ex?ticus

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

exotica

1. feminine singular of exotic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin ex?ticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (ex?tikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ???- (ex?-, “outside”), from ?? (ex, “out of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)

1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

   • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
2. Non-native to the ecosystem.
3. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

Derived terms

Related terms

• exotica

Translations

Noun

exotic (plural exotics)

1. (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
   • c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys

     There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

2. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
3. (physics) Any exotic particle.

Derived terms

• invasive exotic

Translations

Further reading

• Exotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Exotic in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• coxite, excito-

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ex?ticus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exotic m (feminine singular exotica, masculine plural exotics, feminine plural exoticas)

1. exotic

Romanian

Etymology

From French exotique, from Latin exoticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??zo.tik/

Adjective

exotic m or n (feminine singular exotic?, masculine plural exotici, feminine and neuter plural exotice)

1. exotic

Declension