hetero

English

Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

Pronunciation

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

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Antonyms

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

Translations

Anagrams


Danish

Noun

hetero

  1. (informal) a heterosexual person

Declension


Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of heteroseksueel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.təˌroː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro

Noun

hetero m (plural hetero's)

  1. (informal) A heterosexual, a hetero.
    Synonym: heteroseksueel
    Antonyms: homoseksueel, homo

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

Compounds


Galician

Etymology

Clipping of heterosexual.

Adjective

hetero (invariable)

  1. hetero, straight

Noun

hetero m or f (plural heteros)

  1. hetero, straight

German

Etymology

Clipping of heterosexuell.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

hetero (indeclinable)

  1. hetero, straight

See also

  • Hetero

Portuguese

Adjective

hetero

  1. Misspelling of hétero.

Noun

hetero

  1. Misspelling of hétero.

Spanish

Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

Adjective

hetero (invariable)

  1. hetero, straight

Noun

hetero m or f (plural heteros)

  1. hetero, straight

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