heterosexual

English

Etymology

hetero- +‎ sexual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhetəɹəˈsekʃuəl/

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

Coordinate terms

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity), bisexual (-ity), demisexual (-ity), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity), polysexual (-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
• Danish: heteroseksuel
• Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl)
• Finnish: heteroseksuaalinen
• French: hétérosexuel (fr)
• Galician: heterosexual
• Georgian: ჰეტეროსექსუალი (heterosek’suali)
• German: heterosexuell (de)
• Hungarian: heteroszexuális (hu)
• Interlingua: heterosexual

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

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
• Estonian: heteroseksuaal, hetero, vastassooihar
• Finnish: heteroseksuaali (fi), hetero (fi)
• French: hétérosexuel (fr)
• German: Heterosexueller (de) m, Heterosexuelle (de) f
• Hungarian: heteroszexuális (hu)
• Interlingua: heterosexual
• Irish: heitrighnéasach m

• Italian: eterosessuale (it) m, f
• Japanese: 異性愛者 (いせいあいしゃ, iseiaisha), ヘテロ (hetero)
• Korean: 이성애자 (ko) (iseongaeja)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: مێباز (male), نێرباز (female)

• Persian: دگرجنس‌گرا (degarjens-gerâ), هتروسکسوئل (heteroseksuel)
• Portuguese: heterossexual (pt), hétero m f
• Romanian: heterosexual m, heterosexuală f
• Russian: гетеросексуал (ru) m (getɛrosɛksuál), натурал (ru) m (naturál), стрейт m (strɛjt)
• Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach m
• Spanish: heterosexual (es) m, f
• Swedish: hetero (sv) n
• Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (digarjinsgaro)
• Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)

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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

French hétérosexuel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [heteroseksuˈal]

Adjective

heterosexual ^{4 nom/acc forms}

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)

1. a heterosexual

Declension

declension of heterosexual

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un heterosexual	heterosexualul	niște heterosexuali	heterosexualii
genitive/dative	unui heterosexual	heterosexualului	unor heterosexuali	heterosexualilor

Related terms

• heterosexualitate

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Spanish

Etymology

hetero- + sexual

Adjective

heterosexual m, f (plural heterosexuales)

1. heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m, f (plural heterosexuales)

1. heterosexual

Antonyms

• homosexual

Related terms

• heterosexualidad