fetish

1. An object that is believed to have magical or spiritual powers, especially such an object associated with animistic or shamanistic religious practices.
2. An object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence: made a fetish of punctuality.
3. Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.
4. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment; a fixation.

[French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, artificial, charm, from Latin factīcius, artificial. See factitious.]

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noun

1. A small object worn or kept for its supposed magical power: amulet, charm, juju, periapt, phylactery, talisman. See supernatural.
2. An irrational preoccupation: fixation, mania, obsession. Informal thing. See concern/unconcern.

An object believed to carry a magical or spiritual force. Some so-called primitive tribes practice cult worship of fetishes. (See animism and totemism.)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fetich, dille

Nederlands (Dutch)
fetisj, aanbidding van een fetisj, magisch object, (seksuele) fixatie

Français (French)
n. - (Psych) fétiche, (Anthrop) fétiche, objet de culte

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fetisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φετίχ, αντικείμενο πόθου

Italiano (Italian)
feticcio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fetiche (m)

Русский (Russian)
фетиш, идол, идеализация

Español (Spanish)
n. - fetiche

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fetisch

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
物神, 偶像, 迷信

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 物神, 偶像, 迷信

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 물신, 미신의 재상

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 呪物, 物神, 盲目的崇拝の対象

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صنم , معبود , ولع , طقس ديني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חפץ המהווה מושא לתשוקה מינית, פטיש, אליל‬

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