fetiche

fetiche

See also: fétiche and fétiché

English

Noun

fetiche (plural fetiches)

1. Archaic form of fetish.

Anagrams

• fitchée

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Interlingua

Noun

fetiche (plural fetiches)

1. fetish

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço,[1][2] from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of feitiço.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃi.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃi.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃi.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɛˈti.ʃ(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: fe‧ti‧che

Noun

fetiche m (plural fetiches)

1. fetish, amulet (magical object)

   Synonyms: talismã, amuleto

2. sexual fetish

   Synonyms: feitiche, tara, perversão

References

1. “fetiche” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “fetiche” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈtit͡ʃe/ [feˈt̪i.t͡ʃe]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: fe‧ti‧che

Noun

fetiche m (plural fetiches)

1. fetish (something that is believed to possess magical powers)

Derived terms

• fetichismo
• fetichista

Related terms

• hechizo

Descendants

• → Catalan: fetitxe

Further reading

• “fetiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014