heterosexual

See also: heterosexuál

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -sexual.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual, superlative most heterosexual)

Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

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), plurisexual (-ity), polysexual (-ity), robosexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
heteroromantic

Related terms

Translations

sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

Albanian: heteroseksual m
Armenian: հետերոսեքսուալ (heterosekʿsual), տարասեռական (taraseṙakan)
Azerbaijani: heteroseksual
Catalan: heterosexual (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異性戀的 (zh), 异性恋的 (zh) (yìxìngliàn de)
Cornish: kenreydhek
Czech: heterosexuální (cs)
Danish: heteroseksuel
Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl)
Esperanto: aliseksema (eo)
Faroese: hinskyndur
Finnish: heteroseksuaalinen (fi)
French: hétérosexuel (fr)
Galician: heterosexual (gl)
Georgian: ჰეტეროსექსუალი (heṭeroseksuali)
German: heterosexuell (de)
Greek: ετεροφυλόφιλος (el) (eterofylófilos)
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
Welsh: anghyfunryw, gwahanrywiol, heterorywiol (cy)

Noun

heterosexual (plural heterosexuals)

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)
Azerbaijani: heteroseksual
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異性戀者, 异性恋者 (yìxìngliànzhě)
Czech: heterosexuál (cs) m
Danish: heteroseksuel
Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl) m or 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 or 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 (pl)
Portuguese: heterossexual (pt), hétero m or 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 or f, hetero m
Swedish: hetero (sv) n
Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) (digarjinsgaro)
Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)

Catalan

Pronunciation

(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

heterosexual (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals)

heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuals)

heterosexual

Related terms

heterosexualitat

Romanian

Etymology

From French hétérosexuel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/

Adjective

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

heterosexual

Declension

declension of heterosexual

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

Noun

heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali, feminine equivalent heterosexuală)

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

Spanish

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ sexual.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -al

Adjective

heterosexual (plural heterosexuales)

heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuales)

heterosexual

Antonyms

homosexual

Related terms

heterosexualidad

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