hetero

hetero

See also: hétéro, hétero, hetero-, and hétéro-

English

Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (heterosexual): gay, homo, homosexual

Noun

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:

     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.

Derived terms

• hetero-fascism, heteronormativity, heterosexism

Translations

heterosexual person

Danish: hetero c Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl) m Finnish: hetero (fi) French: hétéro (fr) German: Hetero (de) m or f Portuguese: hétero m or m pl

Anagrams

• hereto, othere

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Danish

Noun

hetero

1. (informal) a heterosexual person

Declension

Declension of hetero

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hetero	heteroen	heteroer	heteroerne
genitive	heteros	heteroens	heteroers	heteroernes

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of heteroseksueel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.təˌroː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro

Noun

hetero m (plural hetero's)

1. (informal) A heterosexual, a hetero.

   Synonym: heteroseksueel

   Antonyms: homoseksueel, homo

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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of heteroseksuaali

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hetero

1. heterosexual, hetero (person)

Declension

Inflection of hetero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		hetero	heterot
genitive		heteron	heterojen heteroiden heteroitten
partitive		heteroa	heteroja heteroita
illative		heteroon	heteroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hetero	heterot
accusative	nom.	hetero	heterot
	gen.	heteron
genitive		heteron	heterojen heteroiden heteroitten
partitive		heteroa	heteroja heteroita
inessive		heterossa	heteroissa
elative		heterosta	heteroista
illative		heteroon	heteroihin
adessive		heterolla	heteroilla
ablative		heterolta	heteroilta
allative		heterolle	heteroille
essive		heterona	heteroina
translative		heteroksi	heteroiksi
instructive		—	heteroin
abessive		heterotta	heteroitta
comitative		—	heteroineen

Possessive forms of hetero (type palvelu)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	heteroni	heteromme
2nd person	heterosi	heteronne
3rd person	heteronsa

Adjective

hetero (comparative heterompi, superlative heteroin)

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

   heteromies (“a heterosexual man”)

   heterosuhde (“a heterosexual relationship”)

Declension

Inflection of hetero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		hetero	heterot
genitive		heteron	heterojen heteroiden heteroitten
partitive		heteroa	heteroja heteroita
illative		heteroon	heteroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hetero	heterot
accusative	nom.	hetero	heterot
	gen.	heteron
genitive		heteron	heterojen heteroiden heteroitten
partitive		heteroa	heteroja heteroita
inessive		heterossa	heteroissa
elative		heterosta	heteroista
illative		heteroon	heteroihin
adessive		heterolla	heteroilla
ablative		heterolta	heteroilta
allative		heterolle	heteroille
essive		heterona	heteroina
translative		heteroksi	heteroiksi
instructive		—	heteroin
abessive		heterotta	heteroitta
comitative		—	heteroine

Possessive forms of hetero (type palvelu)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	heteroni	heteromme
2nd person	heterosi	heteronne
3rd person	heteronsa

Derived terms

• heterous

Compounds

• heteromies
• heteronormatiivinen
• heteronormatiivisuus

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Galician

Etymology

Clipping of heterosexual.

Adjective

hetero (invariable)

1. hetero, straight

Noun

hetero m or f (plural heteros)

1. hetero, straight

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German

Etymology

Clipping of heterosexuell.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

hetero (indeclinable)

1. hetero, straight

See also

• Hetero

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Portuguese

Adjective

hetero

1. Misspelling of hétero.

Noun

hetero

1. Misspelling of hétero.

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Spanish

Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

Adjective

hetero (invariable)

1. hetero, straight

Noun

hetero m or f (plural heteros)

1. hetero, straight

Further reading

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