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English
Heterosexual couple kissing
Etymology
hetero- + -sexual .
Pronunciation
Adjective
heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual , superlative most heterosexual )
Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex .
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( obsolete , medicine ) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.
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(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
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Translations
sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
Albanian: heteroseksual m
Armenian: հետերոսեքսուալ ( heterosekʻsual ) , 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
Marathi: विषमलिंगी ( viṣamliṅgī )
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 ) , гетеросексуал (ru) ( geteroseksual )
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 )
A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
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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 by sense , hetero m or f by sense
Swedish: hetero (sv) n
Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) ( digarjinsgaro )
Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuals )
heterosexual
Noun
heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuals )
heterosexual
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Galician
Etymology
From hetero- + sexual .
Adjective
heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais )
heterosexual
Noun
heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuais )
heterosexual
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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 )
Dated form of heterosexuell .
Coordinate term: homosexual
Declension
Positive forms of heterosexual (uncomparable )
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 )
heterosexual
Declension
Declension of heterosexual
Noun
heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali , feminine equivalent heterosexuală )
a heterosexual
Declension
Declension of heterosexual
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Spanish
Etymology
From hetero- + sexual .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /eteɾoseɡˈswal/
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧se‧xual
Adjective
heterosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural heterosexuales )
heterosexual
Noun
heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuales )
heterosexual
Antonym: homosexual
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