See also: heterosexuál

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Heterosexual couple kissing

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hetero- +‎ -sexual.

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heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual, superlative most heterosexual)

  1. 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.
  2. (obsolete, medicine) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.

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heterosexual (plural heterosexuals)

  1. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.

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heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals)

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuals)

  1. heterosexual

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From hetero- +‎ sexual.

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heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais)

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuais)

  1. heterosexual

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Coined by Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer Karl-Maria Kertbeny in 1868, from hetero- +‎ sexual.

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heterosexual (strong nominative masculine singular heterosexualer, not comparable)

  1. Dated form of heterosexuell.
    Coordinate term: homosexual

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Borrowed from French hétérosexuel. Equivalent to hetero- +‎ sexual.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/

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

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali, feminine equivalent heterosexuală)

  1. a heterosexual

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From hetero- +‎ sexual.

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  • IPA(key): /eteɾoseɡˈswal/ [e.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧se‧xual

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heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)

  1. heterosexual

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heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales)

  1. heterosexual
    Antonym: homosexual

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