erotica

From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic +‎ -ica.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/

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erotica (uncountable)

1. Erotic literature, art, decoration or other such work.

   There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.

   • 2011, Patrick Spedding; James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114:

     In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.

This word sometimes encompasses only material that is not pornographic and has or is purported to have artistic or social value, but also can include pornography, depending on the context and speaker.

• erotika

• IPA^(key): /erotika/, [eˈʁoˀtˢikʰa]

erotica (plural only)

1. erotica

Probably a learned borrowing from Latin erōtica, but possibly borrowed from another language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈroː.ti.kaː/
• Hyphenation: ero‧ti‧ca

erotica f (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) erotica (erotic subject matter)

   Synonym: erotiek

In Dutch erotica is more commonly used as a plural (see below) than as a singular noun.

• erotiek
• erotisch

erotica

1. Plural form of eroticum

erotica

1. feminine singular of erotico

• acetirò, cairote, coitare, corteai, teorica

erōtica

1. inflection of erōticus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

erōticā

1. ablative feminine singular of erōticus

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erotica

1. feminine singular of erotic

• IPA^(key): [eˈrotika]

erotica

1. definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of erotic (“erotic”)

erotica f

1. definite singular nominative/accusative of erotică (“erotica”)