erogenous zone

English

Etymology

From erogenous +‎ zone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

erogenous zone (plural erogenous zones)

1. (sexuality) A part of the human body that is particularly responsive to sexual stimulation.
   • 1910, Sigmund Freud, “The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis”, in The American Journal of Psychology, volume 21, number 2, page 209:

     The parts of the body significant in giving sexual pleasure we call "erogenous zones."

   • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 254:

     His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones.

Translations

erogenous zone

• Albanian: zonë erogjene f
• Arabic: مِنْطَقَة اَلشَّهْوَة اَلْجِنْسِيَّة f (minṭaqat aš-šahwa l-jinsiyya)
• Belarusian: эрагенная зона f (erahjennaja zóna)
• Bengali: কামস্থান (bn) (kamosthan), কামোদ্দীপক অঙ্গপ্রত্যঙ্গ (bn) (kamoddipôk ôṅgôprôttôṅgô) (collective)
• Bulgarian: ерогенна зона f (erogenna zona)
• Catalan: zona erògena f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 性感帶 / 性感带 (sing³ gam² daai³)

  Mandarin: 性感帶 / 性感带 (xìnggǎndài)

• Czech: erotogenní zóna f
• Danish: erogen zone
• Esperanto: erotogena zono
• Finnish: erogeeninen alue (fi)
• French: zone érogène (fr) f
• Galician: zona eróxena f
• German: erogene Zone f
• Greek: ερωτογενή ζώνη f (erotogení zóni)
• Hungarian: erogén zóna (hu)
• Icelandic: kynnæmissvæði n
• Italian: zona erogena f
• Japanese: 性感帯 (せいかんたい, seikantai)
• Korean: 성감대(性感帶) (seonggamdae)
• Lithuanian: erogeninė zona f
• Macedonian: ероге́на зо́на f (erogéna zóna)
• Polish: strefa erogenna (pl) f
• Portuguese: zona erógena f
• Romanian: zonă erogenă f
• Russian: эроге́нная зо́на f (erogénnaja zóna)
• Serbo-Croatian: erogena zona f, ерогена зона f
• Slovak: erotogénna zóna f
• Slovene: erogena cona f
• Spanish: zona erógena f
• Swedish: erogen zon (sv) c
• Telugu: కళాస్థానము (kaḷāsthānamu)
• Turkish: erojen bölge