hetero

Clipped from heterosexual.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ

hetero (comparative more hetero, superlative most hetero)

1. (informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.

   This novel depicts a hetero couple who are in love.

• (heterosexual): het, heterosexual, straight, breeder

• (antonym(s) of “heterosexual”): gay, homo, homosexual

hetero (plural heteros)

1. (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.

• hetero-fascism, heteronormativity, heterosexism

• hereto, othere

hetero

1. (informal) a heterosexual person

Clipping of heteroseksueel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.təˌroː/

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• Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro

hetero m (plural hetero's)

1. (informal) a heterosexual, a hetero

   Synonym: heteroseksueel

   Antonyms: homoseksueel, homo

Clipping of heteroseksuaali

• IPA^(key): /ˈhetero/, [ˈhe̞t̪e̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -etero
• Syllabification^(key): he‧te‧ro

hetero

1. heterosexual, hetero (person)

hetero (comparative heterompi, superlative heteroin)

1. heterosexual; used mainly as modifier in compound terms.

   heteromies (“a heterosexual man”)

   heterosuhde (“a heterosexual relationship”)

• “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

Clipping of heterosexual.

hetero (invariable)

1. hetero, straight

hetero m or f by sense (plural heteros)

1. hetero, straight

Clipping of heterosexuell.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːteʁo/, /ˈhɛteʁo/
• Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro

• Audio:

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hetero (indeclinable)

1. hetero, straight

• Hetero

• IPA^(key): /xɛˈtɛ.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
• Syllabification: he‧te‧ro

hetero f

1. vocative singular of hetera

hetero

1. Misspelling of hétero.

hetero

1. Misspelling of hétero.

Clipping of heterosexual.

hetero (invariable)

1. hetero, straight

hetero m or f by sense (plural heteros)

1. hetero, straight

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

 

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hetero

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hetero c or n

1. (colloquial) a heterosexual

hetero

1. (colloquial, only used predicatively) heterosexual

   Synonym: heterosexuell

• bi
• homo

• hetero in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hetero in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Fula Ordboken