heterosexual
Etymology
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Etymology
From hetero- + -sexual.
Pronunciation Adjectiveheterosexual
- Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
- (obsolete, medicine) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.
- French: hétérosexuel
- German: heterosexuell
- Italian: eterosessuale
- Portuguese: heterossexual, hétero
- Russian: гетеросексуа́льный
- Spanish: heterosexual
heterosexual (plural heterosexuals)
- A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
- (heterosexual person) straight (especially in the plural), hetero, breeder (humorous, often offensive)
- French: hétérosexuel, hétéro
- German: Heterosexueller, Heterosexuelle, Hetero
- Italian: eterosessuale
- Portuguese: heterossexual, hétero
- Russian: гетеросексуа́л
- Spanish: heterosexual, hetero
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