exotic

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
• (America) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/

Adjective

exotic

1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

   an exotic appearance

   • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.

2. Non-native to the ecosystem.
3. (finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

Related terms

• exotica

Translations

• French: exotique
• German: exotisch
• Italian: esotico
• Portuguese: exótico
• Russian: экзоти́ческий
• Spanish: exótico

Translations

• French: exotique
• German: exotisch
• Portuguese: exótico, exótica
• Russian: экзоти́ческий
• Spanish: exótico

Noun

exotic (plural exotics)

1. (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
2. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
3. (physics) Any exotic particle.

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

Translations

• French: exotique
• German: Exot
• Russian: экзо́т

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