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hetero en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

Meanings

(informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
- This novel depicts a hetero couple who are in love.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more hetero	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most hetero	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Antonyms

homo (antonym(s) of “heterosexual”) · homosexual (antonym(s) of “heterosexual”) · gay (antonym(s) of “heterosexual”)

Synonyms

straight (heterosexual) · het (heterosexual) · heterosexual (heterosexual) · breeder (heterosexual)

hetero en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

Meanings

(informal) A heterosexual person.
- 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. 2018, Caspar Salmon, “Casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
heteros	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

cishetero · heterosexism · hetero-fascism · heterofriendly · heteronormativity

Translations (7)

fi hetero (heterosexual person) · da hetero (heterosexual person) · fr hétéro (heterosexual person) · de Hetera (heterosexual person) · de Hetero (heterosexual person) · pt hétero (heterosexual person) · nl heteroseksueel (heterosexual person)