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" Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play with my feet and other kids' feet, and that was his thing."
Tom Cole

Meaning of "fetish" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FETISH

From French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço (n) sorcery, from adj: artificial, from Latin factīcius made by art, factitious.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FETISH

ˈfɛtɪʃ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FETISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fetish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FETISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fetish in the English dictionary

The first definition of fetish in the dictionary is something, esp an inanimate object, that is believed in certain cultures to be the embodiment or habitation of a spirit or magical powers. Other definition of fetish is a form of behaviour involving fetishism. Fetish is also any object that is involved in fetishism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FETISH

British · brutish · coquettish · cultish · fetich · Kentish · Lettish · lightish · martinetish · novelettish · pettish · Pictish · saltish · Scottish · skittish · sluttish · soubrettish · sweetish · uncoquettish · whitish

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FETISH

fetichism · fetichist · fetichistic · fetichize · feticidal · feticide · fetid · fetidity · fetidly · fetidness · fetiparous · fetish-like · fetishisation · fetishise · fetishism · fetishist · fetishistic · fetishistically · fetishization · fetishize

WORDS THAT END LIKE FETISH

anti-British · cattish · coltish · doltish · faintish · flattish · goatish · Irtish · latish · leftish · loutish · Midianitish · ooftish · pro-British · ruttish · smartish · softish · sottish · sycophantish · the Scottish

Synonyms and antonyms of fetish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FETISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fetish» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «fetish» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FETISH

Find out the translation of fetish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fetish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fetish» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

恋物癖
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fetiche
570 millions of speakers
en

English

fetish
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बुत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صنم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

фетиш
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

fetiche
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ফেটিশ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fétiche
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Fetish
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Fetisch
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

フェティッシュ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

페티쉬
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Fetish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôn sùng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

காரணமின்றி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बधिरांसाठी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fetiş
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

feticcio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

fetysz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

фетиш
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fetiș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φετίχ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fetish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fetisch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fetish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fetish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FETISH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of fetish
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «fetish».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fetish

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «FETISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fetish.
1
Steve Albini
I hate 'foodie' because it's cute, like pretty much all diminutives associated with eating. 'Veggies,' 'sammies,' 'parm.' I eat food, and I cook it: it's for eating, preferably with friends, and I don't make a fetish out of it.
2
Adrienne Bailon
I have an odd fetish with nails. I was always doing beauty blogs about nails, and it would be on Fridays called 'Friday's Fingertip fetish.' It became so popular that a nail polish company approached me, and Fingertip fetish was born.
3
Michelle Branch
I have a pirate fetish - I just always thought eye patches were sexy.
4
Tom Cole
Well, I guess the sexual abuse by Mel Phillips in a sense, he had a fetish for feet. He used to play with my feet and other kids' feet, and that was his thing.
5
Hilary Duff
I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again.
6
Brian Lamb
I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.
7
Torrie Wilson
If someone has a foot fetish, I'd have an in.

ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FETISH»

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FETISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fetish is used in the context of the following news items.
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NYC Subway Poster Designers Talk Vignelli, Standards and the …
NYC Subway Poster Designers Talk Vignelli, Standards and the Fetish for Physical Design. Thursday, July 9, 2015, by Patrick Sisson ... «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
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2015 Jaguar F-Type R Coupe Tested: A Fetish You'll Be Proud of …
After taking the more docile Jaguar F-Type V6 S Convertible out for a spin last summer, we thought it was time to see how the Coupe would fare ... «autoevolution, Jul 15»
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The downside at the Olympics to Rio's fetish for late-night parties …
Rio de Janeiro's penchant for late-night parties translates to residents playing beach volleyball at night on Copacabana beach, where the ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
4
VIDEO: When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A Fetish Priest - School Child …
The youth are always said to be future leaders of this nation. Indeed, one would hope that Ghana's youth will live up to their dreams and ... «Peace FM Online, Jul 15»
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Is Bill Cosby a Predatory Somnophiliac? - Yahoo
Somnophilia is a clinically diagnosable fetish. A new motion filed by Cosby's first accuser uses this word as a possible reason to why he ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
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'TriMet Barber' with fetish for women's hair gets another 180 days in jail
Jared Weston Walter's obsession with women's hair keeps landing him in jail and law enforcement officials say that's the best place for him. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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Dan Osborne's £2000 trainer fetish
FORMER TOWIE star Dan Osborne has revealed his bizarre trainer fetish has set him back over £2,000 to date. By Jack Hardwick / Published ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Drones will tear us apart: Pakistani pop's war fetish
Drones will tear us apart: Pakistani pop's war fetish. Jul 06, 2015 |. AFP · Email this page · Printer-friendly version ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
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FATAL FETISH: Man goes crazy over the LIPS of another man's wife
SHAH ALAM - It was a case of fatal attraction for a man who had a fetish for the lips of another man's wife. Her husband, accused of causing the ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Wontumi: I visited no fetish, I was obeying tradition
The New Patriotic Party's Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi has denied consulting fetishes to buffer ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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