English Explanatory Dictionary

fetish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
  2. A figure representing the spirit of a deity, human, or animal; an idol or voodoo doll.
  3. Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
  4. An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
  5. A recurrent theme of a specific thing.

Pronunciation

fĕtʹĭsh fēʹtĭsh /ˈfɛt.ɪʃ/ /ˈfiː.tɪʃ/ en-us-fetish.ogg en-au-fetish.ogg

Word forms

fetish fetishes fetich

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin factus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin factīcius Portuguese feitiçobor. French fétichebor. English fetish Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.

Synonyms

kink objectophilia

Derived words

clean fetish commodity fetish factish fet fetish-adjacent fetish bean fetisher fetishic fetishise fetishism fetishist fetishistic fetishization fetishize fetishlike fetish-man fetish mining fetish priest fetishwear fetishy finish fetish foot fetish hypnofetish
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