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exotic

adjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//ɪɡˈzɒtɪk//
  • États-Unis//ɪɡˈzɑtɪk//
  • États-Unis/[ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk]/
  • Canada//ɪɡˈzɒtɪk//
  • Australie//ɪɡˈzɔtɪk//

Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

adjectif

  1. 1

    Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

    an exotic appearance

    Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

    “Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”

    Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

  2. 2

    Foreign, especially in an exciting way. Non-native to the ecosystem.

  3. 3

    Foreign, especially in an exciting way. extraterrestial, alien

    exotic materials

  4. 4

    Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

  5. 5

    Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.

  6. 6

    Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare

  7. 7

    Unusual to keep or undomesticated.

Étymologie

Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).

nom

  1. 1

    An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.

  2. 2

    A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.

    There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

  3. 3

    An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.

  4. 4

    Any exotic particle.

    Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

Formes

pluriel
exotics
comparatif
more exotic
superlatif
most exotic
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Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

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