"aphrodisiac" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdi.zi.æk/, /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdɪ.zi.æk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aphrodisiac.wav [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἀφροδισιακός||venereal}} Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), {{m|grc|Ἀφροδίσιος||pertaining to Aphrodite}} Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aphrodisiac (not comparable)
  1. Arousing or intensifying sexual desire. Tags: not-comparable Translations (intensifying sexual desire): afrodisíac (Catalan), afrodisiakum (Danish), amorveka (Esperanto), lempeä nostattava (Finnish), aphrodisiaque (French), aphrodisisch (German), αφροδισιακός (afrodisiakós) (Greek), lostavekjandi [masculine] (Icelandic), kynorkuaukandi [masculine] (Icelandic), lostaörvandi [masculine] (Icelandic), afrodisiaco [masculine] (Italian), 催淫の (sai'in-no) (alt: さいいん-の) (Japanese), 催淫性の) (sai'insei-no) (alt: さいいんせい-の) (Japanese), afrodisíaco (Portuguese), afrodisiac (Romanian), afrodisíaco (Spanish), afrodizyak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-aphrodisiac-en-adj-kgEN6DIL

Noun

IPA: /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdi.zi.æk/, /æf.ɹoʊ.ˈdɪ.zi.æk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aphrodisiac.wav [US] Forms: aphrodisiacs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἀφροδισιακός||venereal}} Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), {{m|grc|Ἀφροδίσιος||pertaining to Aphrodite}} Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs)
  1. Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect. Categories (topical): Sex Derived forms: anaphrodisiac, antiaphrodisiac Related terms: aphrodisia, aphrodisiacal, aphrodisiomania, aphrodisiomaniacal, Butea superba Translations (food or drug): afrodisíac [masculine] (Catalan), 春藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 春药 (chūnyào) (Chinese Mandarin), afrodiziakum [neuter] (Czech), afrodisiakum [neuter] (Danish), afrodisiacum [neuter] (Dutch), lemmenruoka [food, lifestyle] (Finnish), lemmenjuoma (english: drink) (Finnish), lemmenrohto (Finnish), lemmenlääke (english: drug) (Finnish), afrodisiaka (Finnish), afrodisiakki (Finnish), aphrodisiaque [masculine] (French), Aphrodisiakum [neuter] (German), αφροδισιακό (afrodisiakó) [neuter] (Greek), ástalyf [neuter] (Icelandic), frygðarlyf [neuter] (Icelandic), kynorkulyf [neuter] (Icelandic), frygðarauki [masculine] (Icelandic), afrodisiak (Indonesian), afrodisiaco [masculine] (Italian), 媚薬 (biyaku) (Japanese), 催淫剤 (sai'inzai) (alt: さいいんざい) (Japanese), 춘약 (chunyak) (alt: 春藥) (Korean), 미약 (miyak) (alt: 媚藥) (Korean), 음약 (eumyak) (alt: 淫藥) (Korean), 최음제 (choeeumje) (alt: 催淫劑) (Korean), 강정제 (gangjeongje) (alt: 強精劑) (Korean), afrodyzjak [masculine] (Polish), afrodisíaco [masculine] (Portuguese), afrodiziac [neuter] (Romanian), афродизиа́к (afrodiziák) [masculine] (Russian), afrodisíaco [masculine] (Spanish), mkuyati (Swahili), afrodisiakum [neuter] (Swedish), afrodizyak (Turkish), афродизіа́к (afrodyziák) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-aphrodisiac-en-noun-5PT5c93R Disambiguation of Sex: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 22 78

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "c. 1970, Henry Kissinger, quoted in The New York Times (28 October 1973)",
          "text": "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
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          "ref": "1989, “Funky Cold Medina”, in Lōc’ed After Dark, performed by Tone Lōc",
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "drink",
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          "sense": "food or drug",
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          "sense": "food or drug",
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          "sense": "food or drug",
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          "roman": "biyaku",
          "sense": "food or drug",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "code": "uk",
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