hetero
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipped from heterosexual.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ
Adjective
[edit]hetero (comparative more hetero, superlative most hetero)
- (informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
- This novel depicts a hetero couple who are in love.
Synonyms
[edit]- (heterosexual): het, heterosexual, straight, breeder
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “heterosexual”): gay, homo, homosexual
Noun
[edit]hetero (plural heteros)
- (informal) A heterosexual person.
- 2018, Caspar Salmon, “Casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure”, in The Guardian[1]:
- You only have to watch Dominic West’s dancing in the film Pride for two seconds to understand that there are some things beyond a hetero’s range.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]heterosexual person
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]hetero
- (informal) a heterosexual person
Declension
[edit]Declension of hetero
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hetero | heteroen | heteroer | heteroerne |
genitive | heteros | heteroens | heteroers | heteroernes |
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hetero m (plural hetero's)
- (informal) a heterosexual, a hetero
- Synonym: heteroseksueel
- Antonyms: homoseksueel, homo
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hetero
- heterosexual, hetero (person)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hetero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hetero | heterot | |
genitive | heteron | heterojen heteroiden heteroitten | |
partitive | heteroa | heteroja heteroita | |
illative | heteroon | heteroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hetero | heterot | |
accusative | nom. | hetero | heterot |
gen. | heteron | ||
genitive | heteron | heterojen heteroiden heteroitten | |
partitive | heteroa | heteroja heteroita | |
inessive | heterossa | heteroissa | |
elative | heterosta | heteroista | |
illative | heteroon | heteroihin | |
adessive | heterolla | heteroilla | |
ablative | heterolta | heteroilta | |
allative | heterolle | heteroille | |
essive | heterona | heteroina | |
translative | heteroksi | heteroiksi | |
abessive | heterotta | heteroitta | |
instructive | — | heteroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Adjective
[edit]hetero (comparative heterompi, superlative heteroin)
- heterosexual; used mainly as modifier in compound terms.
- heteromies (“a heterosexual man”)
- heterosuhde (“a heterosexual relationship”)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hetero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hetero | heterot | |
genitive | heteron | heterojen heteroiden heteroitten | |
partitive | heteroa | heteroja heteroita | |
illative | heteroon | heteroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hetero | heterot | |
accusative | nom. | hetero | heterot |
gen. | heteron | ||
genitive | heteron | heterojen heteroiden heteroitten | |
partitive | heteroa | heteroja heteroita | |
inessive | heterossa | heteroissa | |
elative | heterosta | heteroista | |
illative | heteroon | heteroihin | |
adessive | heterolla | heteroilla | |
ablative | heterolta | heteroilta | |
allative | heterolle | heteroille | |
essive | heterona | heteroina | |
translative | heteroksi | heteroiksi | |
abessive | heterotta | heteroitta | |
instructive | — | heteroin | |
comitative | — | heteroine |
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Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “hetero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of heterosexual.
Adjective
[edit]hetero (invariable)
Noun
[edit]hetero m or f by sense (plural heteros)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hetero (indeclinable)
See also
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hetero f
Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hetero
- Misspelling of hétero.
Noun
[edit]hetero
- Misspelling of hétero.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of heterosexual.
Adjective
[edit]hetero (invariable)
Noun
[edit]hetero m or f by sense (plural heteros)
Further reading
[edit]- “hetero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]hetero c or n
Adjective
[edit]hetero
- (colloquial, only used predicatively) heterosexual
- Synonym: heterosexuell
See also
[edit]References
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