heterosexual
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
hetero- + -sexual. Borrowed from German heterosexual.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective[edit]
heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual, superlative most heterosexual)
- Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
- 2021 November 17, Thai PBS, “Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional”, in Thai PBS World[1], Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 2021-11-17:
- Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional: Same-sex marriage in Thailand will have to wait, as the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously today (Wednesday) that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, defining marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, is constitutional.
- (obsolete, medicine) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.
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Coordinate terms[edit]
- (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity), vegansexual (-ity) (Category: en:Sexual orientations)
- heteroromantic
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Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
heterosexual (plural heterosexuals)
- A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
Synonyms[edit]
- (heterosexual person): straight (especially in the plural), hetero, breeder (humorous, often offensive)
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.tə.ɾo.sək.suˈal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.tə.ɾu.sək.suˈal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.te.ɾo.sek.suˈal/
Adjective[edit]
heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals)
Noun[edit]
heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuals)
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais)
Noun[edit]
heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais)
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer Karl-Maria Kertbeny in 1868, from hetero- + sexual.
Adjective[edit]
heterosexual (strong nominative masculine singular heterosexualer, not comparable)
- Dated form of heterosexuell.
- Coordinate term: homosexual
Declension[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French hétérosexuel. Equivalent to hetero- + sexual.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
heterosexual m or n (feminine singular heterosexuală, masculine plural heterosexuali, feminine and neuter plural heterosexuale)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | heterosexual | heterosexuală | heterosexuali | heterosexuali | ||
definite | heterosexualul | heterosexuala | heterosexualii | heterosexualile | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | heterosexual | heterosexuali | heterosexuali | heterosexuali | ||
definite | heterosexualului | heterosexualii | heterosexualilor | heterosexualilor |
Noun[edit]
heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali, feminine equivalent heterosexuală)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)
Noun[edit]
heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales)
- heterosexual
- Antonym: homosexual
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Further reading[edit]
- “heterosexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms prefixed with hetero-
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- Rhymes:Spanish/al
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- es:Sexual orientations
- es:Sexuality