metrosexual

metrosexual

See also: metrosexuál

English

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan +‎ heterosexual. Coined by journalist Mark Simpson in 1994.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

metrosexual (plural metrosexuals)

1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

Synonyms

• boulevardier
• dandy (19th Century)
• fop (19th Century)
• dude, dood (archaic)
• man about town
• masher (archaic)

Translations

man concerned with personal appearance

Bulgarian: метросексуален (metroseksualen) Catalan: metrosexual Chinese: Mandarin: 都市美男 (dūshì měinán), 型男 (zh) (xíngnán) Czech: metrosexuál (cs) Danish: metrosexuel Dutch: metroseksueel (nl) m, metroman m Esperanto: metroseksulo Estonian: metroseksuaal Finnish: metroseksuaali, hienostelija (fi), keikari (fi) French: métrosexuel (fr) m German: Metrosexueller m Greek: μετροσέξουαλ (el) m (metroséxoual), κλαρινογαμπρός (el) m (klarinogamprós) Hebrew: מטרוסקסואל‎ (metroseksual) Hungarian: metroszexuális Italian: metrosessuale (it) Japanese: メトロセクシャル (metorosekusharu) Lithuanian: metroseksualas Piedmontese: gadan Polish: metroseksualny (pl) Portuguese: metrossexual (pt) m Romanian: metrosexual Russian: метросексуа́л (ru) m (metrosɛksuál) Serbo-Croatian: метросексуалан Spanish: metrosexual (es) Swedish: metrosexuell (sv) Turkish: metroseksüel (tr)

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Italian: (please verify) vitellone (it) m

Adjective

metrosexual (comparative more metrosexual, superlative most metrosexual)

1. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.

See also

• ambisexual
• gender-bender
• unisex
• machosexual
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

References

1. "A Decade Later, Whither the Metrosexual". King-Slutzky, Johannah. The Atlantic. August 27, 2014

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mə.tɾo.sək.suˈal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mə.tɾu.sək.suˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.tɾo.sek.suˈal/

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuals)

1. metrosexual

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metɾoseɡˈswal/ [me.t̪ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧tro‧se‧xual

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

Adjective

metrosexual (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

Further reading

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