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{{also|exòtic}}
==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|exotique}}, from {{der|en|la|exōticus}}, from {{der|en|grc|ἐξωτικός|t=foreign|lit=from the outside}}, from {{m|grc|ἐξω-|t=outside}}, from {{m|grc|ἐξ|t=out of}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exotic.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒtɪk|s=3}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# [[foreign|Foreign]], especially in an [[exciting]] way.
#: {{ux|en|an '''exotic''' appearance}}
#* {{RQ:Evelyn Diary|24 November 1682|passage=Nothing was so splendid and '''exotic''' as the ambassador.}}
#* {{RQ:Orczy Miss Elliott|chapter=The Tremarn Case|passage=“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.{{nb...}}”}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-29|volume=407|issue=8842|page=55|magazine=w:The Economist| title=[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21580191-edward-snowdens-odyssey-leaves-america-nonplussed-and-its-allies-dismayed-russia-china Travels and travails]| passage=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.}}
## [[non-native|Non-native]] to the [[ecosystem]].
## [[extraterrestial]], [[alien]]
##: {{uxi|en|'''exotic''' materials}}
# {{lb|en|finance}} Being or relating to an [[option]] with [[feature]]s that make it more [[complex]] than commonly traded options.
# {{lb|en|gambling}} Being or relating to various [[wager]]s, such as the [[trifecta]], that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|exotically|exotic atom|exotic baryon|exotic cheroot|exotic dancer|exoticism|exoticity|exoticness|exotic sphere|exotic hadron|exotic meson|exotic star}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|exotica}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مجلوب}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|екзотичен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|exòtic}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[有]][[異國情調]]|tr=yǒu yìguó qíngdiào}}, {{t|cmn|外來的|tr=wàiláide}}, {{t|cmn|異國的|tr=yìguóde}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|exotický}}, {{t|cs|cizokrajný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|eksotisk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|exotisch}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ekzotika}}, {{t|eo|ekzota}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|eksoottinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|exotique}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|exótico}}
* German: {{t+|de|exotisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εξωτικός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἔξεδρος}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egzotikus}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|exotika}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|eksotis}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|andúchasach}}, {{t|ga|coimhthíoch}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|esotico}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|エキゾチック|tr=ekizochikku}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|이국적|alt=이국적인}}, {{t|ko|이국풍|alt=이국풍의}}
* Latin: {{t|la|peregrinus}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|eksotisks}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|egzotiškas}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|andooghyssagh}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rāwaho}}, {{t|mi|tauhou}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|eksotisk}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|eksotisk}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|exotic}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|غریب|tr=ğarib}}, {{t|fa|اگزوتیک|tr=egzotik}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|egzotyczny|}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|exótico}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|exotic}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|экзоти́ческий}}, {{t+|ru|экзоти́чный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|coimheach}}, {{t|gd|eilthireach}}, {{t|gd|allmharach}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|егзо̀тичан}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|egzòtičan}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|exótico}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|exotisk}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|eksotiko}}, {{t|tl|kakaiba}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|екзоти́чний}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|kì lạ}}
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{{trans-top|non-native to the ecosystem}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|دخيل}}
* Bulgarian: {{t-needed|bg}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|exòtic}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[外來]][[的]]|tr=wàilái de}}, {{t|cmn|[[引進]][[的]]|tr=yǐnjìn de}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|nepůvodní}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|uitheems}}, {{t+|nl|exotisch}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|neindiĝena}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vieras}}, {{t+|fi|eksoottinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|exotique}}
* German: {{t+|de|exotisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εξωτικός}}, {{t+|el|ξένος}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egzotikus}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|exotika}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|eksotis}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|andúchasach}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|外来|tr=gairai}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|외래|alt=외래의}}, {{t|ko|외국산|alt=외국산의}}
* Manx: {{t-check|gv|andooghyssagh}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rāwaho}}
* Persian: {{t-needed|fa}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|egzotyczny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|exótico}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|экзоти́ческий}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|eilthireach}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|егзо̀тичан}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|egzòtičan}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|exótico}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|exotisk}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|eksotiko}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|екзоти́чний}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ngoại lai}}
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* French: {{t+check|fr|exotique}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|esotico}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|exotic}}
* Slovene: {{t-check|sl|eksotičen}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|exotisk}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|biology}} An [[organism]] that is exotic to an [[environment]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1948|author=George Orwell|title=w:Such, Such Were the Joys
|passage=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.}}
# An [[exotic dancer]]; a [[stripteaser]].
# {{lb|en|physics}} Any exotic [[particle]].
#: {{ux|en|Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are '''exotics'''.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|invasive exotic}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|organism exotic to an environment}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|exot|m}}
* Danish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|exoot|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[eksoottinen]] [[laji]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|exotique|m|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Exot|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εξωτικός|m}}
* Italian: {{t-needed|it}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Portuguese: ([[organismo]]) {{t+|pt|exótico|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|экзо́т|m}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Swahili: {{t-needed|sw}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|eksotiko}}, {{t|tl|kakaiba}}
* Turkish: {{t-needed|tr}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|[[sinh vật]] [[ngoại lai]]}}
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Exotic}}
* {{R:Britannica 1911|Exotic}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceiotx|Texico|excito-|coxite}}

==Occitan==

===Etymology===
From {{der|oc|la|exōticus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q14185 (oci)-Davidgrosclaude-exotic.wav|a=Béarn}}

===Adjective===
{{oc-adj}}

# {{l|en|exotic}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|exotique}}, from {{der|ro|la|exoticus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/eɡˈzo.tik/}}

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj|4}}

# {{l|en|exotic}}

====Declension====
{{ro-adj-4}}