heterosexual

See also: heterosexuál

English

Heterosexual couple kissing

Etymology

hetero- +‎ -sexual. Borrowed from German heterosexual.

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

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.

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

• heteroflexible
• cishet

Coordinate terms

• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), 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), vegansexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}
• heteroromantic

Derived terms

• antiheterosexual
• heterosexuality
• nonheterosexual

 

Related terms

• heterosocial
• heteroerotic
• heterogenital

Translations

sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

• Albanian: heteroseksual m
• Armenian: հետերոսեքսուալ (heterosekʿsual), տարասեռական (taraseṙakan)
• Azerbaijani: heteroseksual
• Catalan: heterosexual (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異性戀的／异性恋的 (zh) (yìxìngliàn de)

• Cornish: kenreydhek
• Czech: heterosexuální (cs)
• Danish: heteroseksuel
• Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl)
• Esperanto: aliseksema (eo), malgeja (eo)
• Faroese: hinskyndur
• Finnish: heteroseksuaalinen (fi)
• French: hétérosexuel (fr)
• Galician: heterosexual (gl) m or f
• 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)
• Kazakh: гетеросексуалды (geteroseksualdy)
• Malay: heteroseksual
• Manx: hetracheintyssagh
• Maori: taearo, taera tauaro, piri tauaro, piriaro
• Persian: دگرجنس‌گرا‎ (fa) (degarjens-garâ)
• Polish: heteroseksualny (pl) m
• Portuguese: heterossexual (pt) m or f, hétero
• Romanian: heterosexual (ro)
• Russian: гетеросексуа́льный (ru) (getɛrosɛksuálʹnyj), натура́л (ru) m (naturál) (noun)
• Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach
• Slovak: heterosexuálny (sk)
• Spanish: heterosexual (es)
• Swedish: heterosexuell (sv)
• Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) (digarjinsgaro)
• Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)
• Vietnamese: dị tính luyến ái (vi) (異性戀愛)
• Welsh: anghyfunryw, gwahanrywiol, heterorywiol (cy)

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)
• Azerbaijani: heteroseksual
• Catalan: heterosexual (ca) m or f
• 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
• Galician: heterosexual (gl) m or f, hetero m
• German: Heterosexueller (de) m, Heterosexuelle (de) f, Hetero (de) 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) (iseong'aeja)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مێباز‎ (mêbaz) (male), نێرباز‎ (nêrbaz) (female)

• Persian: دگرجنس‌گرا‎ (fa) (degarjens-gerâ), هتروسکسوئل‎ (heteroseksu'el)
• Polish: hetero (pl)
• Portuguese: heterossexual (pt), hétero m or f
• Romanian: heterosexual (ro) m, heterosexuală f
• Russian: гетеросексуа́л (ru) m (getɛrosɛksuál), натура́л (ru) m (naturál), стрейт (ru) m (strɛjt)
• Sami:

  Inari: heteroseksual, hetero

  Northern: heterofiila, heteroseksuála, hetero

  Skolt: heteroseksuaal, hetero

• Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach m
• Slovak: heterosexuál m, heterosexuálka f
• 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals)

1. heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuals)

1. heterosexual

Related terms

• heterosexualitat

Galician

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ sexual.

Adjective

heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais)

1. heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuais)

1. heterosexual

Antonyms

• homosexual

Derived terms

• heterosexualidade

Related terms

• heterofobia

German

Etymology

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

Adjective

heterosexual (strong nominative masculine singular heterosexualer, not comparable)

1. Dated form of heterosexuell.

   Coordinate term: homosexual

Declension

Positive forms of heterosexual (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist heterosexual	sie ist heterosexual	es ist heterosexual	sie sind heterosexual
strong declension (without article)	nominative	heterosexualer	heterosexuale	heterosexuales	heterosexuale
	genitive	heterosexualen	heterosexualer	heterosexualen	heterosexualer
	dative	heterosexualem	heterosexualer	heterosexualem	heterosexualen
	accusative	heterosexualen	heterosexuale	heterosexuales	heterosexuale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der heterosexuale	die heterosexuale	das heterosexuale	die heterosexualen
	genitive	des heterosexualen	der heterosexualen	des heterosexualen	der heterosexualen
	dative	dem heterosexualen	der heterosexualen	dem heterosexualen	den heterosexualen
	accusative	den heterosexualen	die heterosexuale	das heterosexuale	die heterosexualen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein heterosexualer	eine heterosexuale	ein heterosexuales	(keine) heterosexualen
	genitive	eines heterosexualen	einer heterosexualen	eines heterosexualen	(keiner) heterosexualen
	dative	einem heterosexualen	einer heterosexualen	einem heterosexualen	(keinen) heterosexualen
	accusative	einen heterosexualen	eine heterosexuale	ein heterosexuales	(keine) heterosexualen

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/

Adjective

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

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	heterosexualelor	heterosexualilor

Noun

heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali, feminine equivalent heterosexuală)

1. 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

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

Adjective

heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales)

1. heterosexual

Noun

heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales)

1. heterosexual

   Antonym: homosexual

Derived terms

• heterosexualidad

 

Related terms

• heterofobia

 

Further reading

• “heterosexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014