heterosexual

See also: heterosexuál

English

Etymology

hetero- +‎ sexual

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/

Adjective

heterosexual ‎(comparative more heterosexual, superlative most heterosexual)

1. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

Synonyms

• (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex): straight, hetero, other-sex

Hyponyms

• heteroflexible
• cishet

Related terms

• heteroerotic

Coordinate terms

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• heteroromantic

Translations

sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

• Albanian: heteroseksual m
• Armenian: հետերոսեքսուալ ‎(heterosekʿsual), տարասեռական ‎(taraseṙakan)
• Azeri: heteroseksual
• Catalan: heterosexual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異性戀的 (zh), 异性恋的 ‎(yìxìngliàn de)

• Cornish: kenreydhek
• Czech: heterosexuální (cs)
• Danish: heteroseksuel
• Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl)
• Esperanto: aliseksema (eo)
• Faroese: hinskyndur
• Finnish: heteroseksuaalinen
• French: hétérosexuel (fr)
• Galician: heterosexual (gl)
• Georgian: ჰეტეროსექსუალი ‎(heṭeroseksuali)
• German: heterosexuell (de)
• Hungarian: heteroszexuális (hu)
• Ido: heterosexuala (io)
• Interlingua: heterosexual

• Irish: heitrighnéasach
• Italian: eterosessuale (it)
• Japanese: 異性の (ja) ‎(いせいの, isei no)
• Malay: heteroseksual
• Manx: hetracheintyssagh
• Persian: دگرجنس‌گرا (fa) ‎(degarjens-garâ)
• Polish: heteroseksualny (pl) m
• Portuguese: heterossexual (pt), hétero
• Romanian: heterosexual
• Russian: гетеросексуа́льный (ru) ‎(getɛrosɛksuálʹnyj), натура́л (ru) m ‎(naturál) (noun)
• Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach
• Spanish: heterosexual (es)
• Swedish: heterosexuell (sv)
• Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) ‎(digarjinsgaro)
• Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)
• Vietnamese: dị tính luyến ái
• Volapük: votageniälik (vo)
• Welsh: anghyfunryw, gwahanrywiol, heterorywiol (cy)

Noun

heterosexual ‎(plural heterosexuals)

1. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.

Synonyms

• (heterosexual person): straight (especially in the plural), hetero, breeder (humorous, often offensive)

Antonyms

• homosexual

Translations

a heterosexual organism

• Albanian: heteroseksual m
• Armenian: տարասեռական ‎(taraseṙakan)
• Azeri: heteroseksual
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異性戀者, 异性恋者 ‎(yìxìngliànzhě)

• Czech: heterosexuál (cs) m
• Danish: heteroseksuel
• Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: aliseksemulo (eo) (male or female), aliseksemuliĉo (male, neologism), aliseksemulino (eo) (female)
• Estonian: heteroseksuaal, hetero, vastassooihar
• Finnish: heteroseksuaali (fi), hetero (fi)
• French: hétérosexuel (fr), hétéro (fr) m
• German: Heterosexueller (de) m, Heterosexuelle (de) f, Hetero m
• Greenlandic: anguteqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq (male), arnaqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq (female)
• Hungarian: heteroszexuális (hu), heteró
• Ido: heterosexualo (io)
• Interlingua: heterosexual
• Irish: heitrighnéasach m, díreach

• Italian: eterosessuale (it) m, f
• Japanese: 異性愛者 ‎(いせいあいしゃ, iseiaisha), ヘテロ ‎(hetero), ノンケの ‎(nonke no)
• Korean: 이성애자 (ko) ‎(iseongaeja)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: مێباز ‎(male), نێرباز ‎(female)

• Northern Sami: heterofiila, heteroseksuála
• Persian: دگرجنس‌گرا (fa) ‎(degarjens-gerâ), هتروسکسوئل ‎(heteroseksuel)
• Polish: hetero
• Portuguese: heterossexual (pt), hétero m f
• Romanian: heterosexual m, heterosexuală f
• Russian: гетеросексуа́л (ru) m ‎(getɛrosɛksuál), натура́л (ru) m ‎(naturál), стрейт (ru) m ‎(strɛjt)
• Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach m
• Spanish: heterosexual (es) m, f, hetero m
• Swedish: hetero (sv) n
• Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) ‎(digarjinsgaro)
• Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)
• Volapük: votageniälan (vo) (male or female), hivotageniälan (vo) (male), jivotageniälan (vo) (female)

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Catalan

Adjective

heterosexual m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals)

1. heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m, f ‎(plural heterosexuals)

1. heterosexual

Related terms

• heterosexualitat

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Romanian

Etymology

From French hétérosexuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/

Adjective

heterosexual m, n ‎(feminine singular heterosexuală, masculine plural heterosexuali, feminine and neuter plural heterosexuale)

1. heterosexual

Declension

declension of heterosexual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	heterosexual		heterosexuală	heterosexuali	heterosexuale
	definite	heterosexualul		heterosexuala	heterosexualii	heterosexualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	heterosexual		heterosexuale	heterosexuali	heterosexuale
	definite	heterosexualului		heterosexualei	heterosexualilor	heterosexualelor

Noun

heterosexual m ‎(plural heterosexuali, feminine equivalent heterosexuală)

1. a heterosexual

Declension

declension of heterosexual

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) heterosexual	heterosexualul	(niște) heterosexuali	heterosexualii
genitive/dative	(unui) heterosexual	heterosexualului	(unor) heterosexuali	heterosexualilor
vocative	heterosexualule		heterosexualilor

Related terms

• heterosexualitate

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Spanish

Etymology

hetero- +‎ sexual

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

heterosexual m, f ‎(plural heterosexuales)

1. heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m, f ‎(plural heterosexuales)

1. heterosexual

Antonyms

• homosexual

Related terms

• heterosexualidad