ετεροφυλόφιλος

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Greek

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Etymology

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From ετερο- (etero-, other, hetero-) +‎ φύλο (fýlo, gender, sex) +‎ -φιλος (-filos, -friend, -phile), calque of English heterosexual.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.te.ɾo.fiˈlo.fi.los/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧τε‧ρο‧φυ‧λό‧φι‧λος

Adjective

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ετεροφυλόφιλος (eterofylófilosm (feminine ετεροφυλόφιλη, neuter ετεροφυλόφιλο)

  1. (only of people) heterosexual, straight (attracted to the opposite sex)

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Noun

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ετεροφυλόφιλος (eterofylófilosm (plural ετεροφυλόφιλοι)

  1. heterosexual, straight (male heterosexual)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ετεροφυλόφιλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language