cisheterosexual

English

Etymology

From cis- +‎ heterosexual.

Adjective

cisheterosexual (comparative more cisheterosexual, superlative most cisheterosexual)

1. Cisgender and heterosexual.

   Synonyms: cishet (informal), cishetero (informal)

   • 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze‎^[1], page 162:

     A jock might be queer, but his performance of masculinity fits so comfortably within the cisheterosexual norms that he is assumed to be straight.

   • 2020, Charlie McNabb, Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Youth‎^[2], page 43:

     This is sadly common; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth experience trauma at higher rates than their cisheterosexual peers.

   • 2020, Arunima Ray, “Thinking The Body, Figuring (The) Woman: Religion, caste, gender, and identity in literary representations”, in Goutam Karmakar, Nasima Islam, Sk Sagir Ali, editors, Religion in South Asian Anglophone Literature: Traversing Resistance, Margins and Extremism, unnumbered page:

     In such an India, two things are of utmost priority: land and an heir (preferably a cisheterosexual, masculine male) to inherit it.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cisheterosexual.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: cisheteroseksualny
• Spanish: cisheterosexual

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cisder.

Spanish cis-

Spanish hetero-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.

Proto-Italic *seksus

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sekaō

Latin secō

Latin secāre?

Latin sexus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin sexuālisbor.

Spanish sexual

Spanish heterosexual

Spanish cisheterosexual

From cis- + heterosexual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiseteɾoseɡˈswal/ [θis.e.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siseteɾoseɡˈswal/ [sis.e.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cis‧he‧te‧ro‧se‧xual

Adjective

cisheterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural cisheterosexuales)

1. cisheterosexual

   Synonym: cishetero (informal)