heterosexuality

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun

[edit] English

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Heterosexuality

[edit] Etymology

From Greek hetero, other + sexuality

[edit] Noun

Singular
heterosexuality

Plural
uncountable

heterosexuality (uncountable)

The state of being emotionally or sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex.

[edit] Translations

heterosexual orientation

Afrikaans: heteroseksualiteit af(af)
Arabic: مغايرة ar(ar) (mughaayara) f.
Armenian: հետերոսեքսուալություն hy(hy) (heterosek’sualut’yun)
Bosnian: heteroseksualnost bs(bs)
Catalan: heterosexualitat ca(ca) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 異性戀 zh(zh), 异性恋 zh(zh) (yìxìngliàn)
Croatian: heteroseksualnost hr(hr) f.
Dutch: heteroseksualiteit nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: aliseksemo eo(eo)
Finnish: heterous fi(fi), heteroseksuaalisuus fi(fi)
French: hétérosexualité fr(fr) f.
Galician: heterosexualidade gl(gl) f.
German: Heterosexualität de(de) f.
Hebrew: הטרוסקסואליות he(he) f.
Hindi: विषमलैंगिकता hi(hi) (viṣmalaĩṅgiktā) f.
Hungarian: heteroszexualitás hu(hu)

Italian: eterosessualità it(it) f.
Macedonian: хетеросексуалност mk(mk) (heteroseksuálnost) f.
Polish: heteroseksualizm pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: heterossexualidade pt(pt) f.
Romanian: heterosexualitate ro(ro) f.
Russian: гетеросексуальность ru(ru) (geteroseksuál’nost’)
Serbian:
- Cyrillic: хетеросексуалност sr(sr) f.
- Roman: heteroseksualnost sr(sr) f.
Spanish: heterosexualidad es(es) f.
Swedish: heterosexualitet sv(sv) c.
Tamil: எதிர்பால்சேர்க்கை ta(ta)
Thai: รักต่างเพศ th(th) (rák dàang pêt)
Turkish: heteroseksüellik tr(tr)

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homosexuality

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