"fetish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/ [UK, US], /ˈfiː.tɪʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-fetish.ogg , en-au-fetish.ogg Forms: fetishes [plural]
enPR: fĕtʹĭsh [UK, US], fēʹtĭsh [UK, US] Rhymes: -ɛtɪʃ, -iːtɪʃ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|fr>fétiche>fetish|id=sexual attraction|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish, {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|fr|fétiche}} French fétiche, {{der|en|pt|feitiço}} Portuguese feitiço, {{der|en|la|factīcius||artificial}} Latin factīcius (“artificial”), {{doublet|en|factitious}} Doublet of factitious Head templates: {{en-noun}} fetish (plural fetishes)
  1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. Categories (topical): Paraphilias Translations (something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers): ֆետիշ (fetiš) (Armenian), fetitxe (Basque), муска́ (muská) [feminine] (Bulgarian), амуле́т (amulét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 物神 (wùshén) (Chinese Mandarin), taikakalu (Finnish), fetišši (Finnish), fetissi (Finnish), fétiche [masculine] (French), Fetisch [masculine] (German), bálvány (Hungarian), fétis (Hungarian), feticcio (Italian), fetysz [masculine] (Polish), fetiche [masculine] (Portuguese), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Russian), амуле́т (amulét) [masculine] (Russian), фетиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiche [masculine] (Spanish), fetiş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-BbQ2XMwq Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 14 39 45 2 Disambiguation of 'something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers': 85 12 3 1
  2. (animism, dated) A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-yqGWTPXW Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 14 39 45 2 Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Juba Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 26 51 17 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 62 10 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 75 6 2 Disambiguation of Juba Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 20 64 8 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 54 6 2 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 60 4 2 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 56 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 19 63 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 63 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 55 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 78 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 65 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 71 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 63 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 69 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 16 55 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 65 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 58 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 53 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 73 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 70 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 63 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 17 58 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 60 15 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 55 17 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 56 19 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 63 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 70 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 58 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 72 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 67 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 67 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 63 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 58 16 10
  3. Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. Categories (topical): Paraphilias, Sex Synonyms: kink Translations (something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire): ֆետիշ (fetiš) (Armenian), fetitxe (Basque), 戀物 (Chinese Mandarin), 恋物 (liànwù) (Chinese Mandarin), fetiš (Czech), fetish (Danish), fetisj (Dutch), fetiĉo (Esperanto), fetišši (Finnish), fetissi (Finnish), fétiche [masculine] (French), ფეტიში (peṭiši) (Georgian), Fetisch [masculine] (German), φετίχ (fetích) [neuter] (Greek), βίτσιο (vítsio) [neuter] (Greek), fétis (Hungarian), feticismo (Italian), フェティシズム (fetishizumu) (Japanese), フェチ (fechi) (Japanese), フェティッシュ (fetisshu) (Japanese), 페티시즘 (petisijeum) (Korean), 페티시 (petisi) (Korean), fetišas [masculine] (Lithuanian), fetysz [masculine] (Polish), fetiche [masculine] (Portuguese), fetiș [neuter] (Romanian), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Russian), фетиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiche [masculine] (Spanish), fetisch [common-gender] (Swedish), fetiş (Turkish), ái vật (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-rN1sAORe Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 14 39 45 2 Disambiguation of Sex: 10 5 72 13 Disambiguation of 'something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire': 16 24 56 4
  4. An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. Translations (irrational or abnormal fixation): ֆետիշ (fetiš) (Armenian), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), куми́р (kumír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 迷戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 迷恋 (míliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), päähänpinttymä (Finnish), fétiche [masculine] (French), Fetisch [masculine] (German), βίτσιο (vítsio) [neuter] (Greek), fetišas [masculine] (Lithuanian), фети́ш (fetíš) [masculine] (Russian), куми́р (kumír) [masculine] (Russian), и́дол (ídol) [masculine] (Russian), фетиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fetiche [masculine] (Spanish), фети́ш (fetýš) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fetish-en-noun-VoUTkYB~ Disambiguation of 'irrational or abnormal fixation': 4 2 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fetich [18th c.–present] [dated]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "However, I am not prone to sensitiveness, and the following of a sense of duty, wherever it may lead, has always been a kind of fetich with me throughout my life; which may account for the honors bestowed upon me by three republics and the decorations and friendships of an old and powerful emperor and several lesser kings, in whose service my sword has been red many a time.",
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          "text": "A leading candidate for this role in the case of women has been the soap fetish.[…]Given this general cultural background the reasons for the rise of the soap fetish are not hard to find.[…]Guilt, as one of the propellers of the soap fetish, does not confine its thrust to the desire to wash dirty hands or erase the blots from the copybook.",
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          "ref": "1985, Margaret Atwood, “Soul Scrolls”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 163:",
          "text": "The first time, I was confused. His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes.",
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          "text": "However, I am not prone to sensitiveness, and the following of a sense of duty, wherever it may lead, has always been a kind of fetich with me throughout my life; which may account for the honors bestowed upon me by three republics and the decorations and friendships of an old and powerful emperor and several lesser kings, in whose service my sword has been red many a time.",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fetiš",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "ֆետիշ"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "fetitxe"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "muská",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "муска́"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "амуле́т"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùshén",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "物神"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "taikakalu"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "fetišši"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "fetissi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fétiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "bálvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "fétis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "feticcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetysz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fetíš",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "amulét",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "амуле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фетиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiš"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something believed to possess spiritual or magical powers",
      "word": "fetiş"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fetiš",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "ֆետիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetitxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "戀物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liànwù",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "恋物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetiš"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetish"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetisj"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetiĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetišši"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetissi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fétiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "peṭiši",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "ფეტიში"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fetích",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φετίχ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vítsio",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βίτσιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fétis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "feticismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fetishizumu",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "フェティシズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fechi",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "フェチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fetisshu",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "フェティッシュ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "petisijeum",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "페티시즘"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "petisi",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "페티시"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetišas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetysz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fetiș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fetíš",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фетиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiš"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "fetiş"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something nonsexual which arouses sexual desire",
      "word": "ái vật"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "fetiš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "ֆետիշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fetíš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kumír",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куми́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "迷戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míliàn",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "迷恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "word": "päähänpinttymä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fétiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vítsio",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βίτσιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetišas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fetíš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kumír",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куми́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ídol",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́дол"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фетиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiš"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fetiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fetýš",
      "sense": "irrational or abnormal fixation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фети́ш"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fetish"
  ],
  "word": "fetish"
}

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