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Aphrodisiac

APHRODIS'IAC

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Definition 2025

aphrodisiac

aphrodisiac

English

Adjective

aphrodisiac ‎(not comparable)

Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

Antonyms

antaphrodisiac

Translations

intensifying sexual desire

Finnish: lempeä nostattava
French: aphrodisiaque (fr)
German: aphrodisisch
Icelandic: lostavekjandi m, kynorkuaukandi m, kynorkuaukandi m, lostaörvandi m

Italian: afrodisiaco (it) m
Portuguese: afrodisíaco (pt)
Romanian: afrodisiac
Turkish: afrodizyak (tr)

Noun

aphrodisiac ‎(plural aphrodisiacs)

Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
- "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" -Henry Kissinger

Antonyms

antaphrodisiac

Related terms

Translations

food or drug

Chinese: 春藥, 春药 chūn yào
Czech: afrodiziakum n
Danish: afrodisiakum (da) n
Dutch: afrodisiacum (nl) n
Finnish: lemmenruoka (food); lemmenjuoma (drink); lemmenrohto, lemmenlääke (drug); afrodisiaka (fi), afrodisiakki (fi)
French: aphrodisiaque (fr) m
German: Aphrodisiakum (de) n
Icelandic: ástalyf n, frygðarlyf n, kynorkulyf n, frygðarauki m

Italian: afrodisiaco (it) m
Japanese: 媚薬 ‎(biyaku)
Polish: afrodyzjak (pl) m
Portuguese: afrodisíaco (pt) m
Romanian: afrodiziac (ro) n
Russian: афродизиа́к (ru) m ‎(afrodiziák)
Spanish: afrodisíaco (es) m
Swahili: mkuyati
Swedish: afrodisiakum (sv) n
Turkish: afrodizyak (tr)

See also

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