"erogenous" meaning in English

See erogenous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈɹɒd͡ʒɪnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-erogenous.wav Forms: more erogenous [comparative], most erogenous [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love”) + -genous (“producing”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|ἔρως|-genous|lang1=grc|t1=love|t2=producing}} Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love”) + -genous (“producing”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} erogenous (comparative more erogenous, superlative most erogenous)
  1. Sensitive to sexual arousal. Translations (sensitive to sexual arousal): erotogenní (Czech), erogeen (Dutch), erogeeninen (Finnish), érogène (French), erogen (German), erogeno (Italian), erógeno (Portuguese), erogen (Romanian), эроге́нный (erogénnyj) (Russian), erogen (Slovene), erógeno (Spanish), erogen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-erogenous-en-adj-ljJTvPlh Disambiguation of 'sensitive to sexual arousal': 84 16
  2. Causing sexual arousal; erotogenic.
    Sense id: en-erogenous-en-adj-KDa8ZaMJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -genous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -genous: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: erogenous zone
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