Heterosexual couple kissing
Adjective
heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual , superlative most heterosexual )
( of a person or other animal ) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex .
2021 November 17, Thai PBS, “Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional”, in Thai PBS World , Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 2021-11-17 :Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional: Same-sex marriage in Thailand will have to wait, as the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously today (Wednesday) that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, defining marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, is constitutional.
( of a romantic or sexual act or relationship ) Between two people of different sex.
Coordinate terms: gay , homosexual , lesbian , same-sex , single-sex
1983 , Raymond J[ oseph] Corsini , Anthony J[ oseph] Marsella , Personality Theories, Research, & Assessment , Itasca, Ill.: F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc., →ISBN , page 348 :Early Adolescence . This is the high school period between 14 and 17 years of age. This is a confusing and stressful period for the teenager, because sexual impulses are now quite strong in spite of societal sanctions against heterosexual activity.
1994 , Martin S[ tephen] Weinberg , Colin J[ ohn] Williams , Douglas W. Pryor, Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality , New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press , →ISBN , page 43 :On the average, the [ bisexual] women’s first heterosexual attraction and experience (at 11.6 and 14.7 years) occurred before their first homosexual attraction and experience (at 16.9 and 21.4 years).
2015 , Arlene Istar Lev , “Resilience in Lesbian and Gay Couples”, in Karen Skerrett, Karen Fergus, editors, Couple Resilience: Emerging Perspectives , Springer , →ISBN , part II (Resilient Processes and Applications to Specific Populations), page 46 :Attempts at eliminating bias against LGBTQ people through education, academically and clinically, often lead to inclusion practices that are “added-on”, i.e., a family therapy course discusses same-sex couples as an addendum lecture at the end of the course, instead of infusing the material throughout the course. Green and Mitchell (2008) ask their readers to imagine authoring an article entitled “Therapy with Heterosexual Couples.”
( obsolete , medicine ) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.
Coordinate terms
( sexual orientations ) sexual orientation ; asexual ( -ity , ace ), bisexual ( -ity , bi ), demisexual ( -ity , demi ), graysexual ( -ity ), heterosexual ( -ity , straight ), homosexual ( -ity , gay , lesbian ), omnisexual ( -ity ), pansexual ( -ity , pan ), polysexual ( -ity ), sapiosexual ( -ity ), androsexual ( -ity ), gynesexual ( -ity ) (Category: en:Sexual orientations )
heteroromantic
Translations
sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
Albanian: heteroseksual m
Armenian: հետերոսեքսուալ ( heterosekʻsual ) , տարասեռական ( taraseṙakan )
Azerbaijani: heteroseksual
Bulgarian: хе́теросексуа́лен (bg) m ( héteroseksuálen )
Catalan: heterosexual (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異性戀的 / 异性恋的 (zh) ( yìxìngliàn de )
Cornish: kenreydhek
Czech: heterosexuální (cs)
Danish: heteroseksuel
Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl)
Esperanto: aliseksema (eo) , malgeja (eo)
Faroese: hinskyndur
Finnish: heteroseksuaalinen (fi)
French: hétérosexuel (fr)
Galician: heterosexual (gl) m or f
Georgian: ჰეტეროსექსუალი ( heṭeroseksuali )
German: heterosexuell (de)
Greek: ετεροφυλόφιλος (el) ( eterofylófilos )
Hungarian: heteroszexuális (hu)
Ido: heterosexuala (io)
Interlingua: heterosexual
Irish: heitrighnéasach
Italian: eterosessuale (it)
Japanese: 異性の (ja) ( いせいの, isei no )
Kazakh: гетеросексуалды ( geteroseksualdy )
Malay: heteroseksual
Manx: hetracheintyssagh
Maori: taearo , taera tauaro , piri tauaro , piriaro
Marathi: विषमलिंगी ( viṣamliṅgī )
Persian: دگرجنسگرا (fa) ( degarjens-garâ )
Polish: heteroseksualny (pl) m
Portuguese: heterossexual (pt) m or f , hétero (pt)
Romanian: heterosexual (ro)
Russian: гетеросексуа́льный (ru) ( getɛrosɛksuálʹnyj ) , натура́л (ru) m ( naturál ) ( noun ) , гетеросексуал (ru) ( geteroseksual )
Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach
Slovak: heterosexuálny (sk)
Spanish: heterosexual (es)
Swedish: heterosexuell (sv)
Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) ( digarjinsgaro )
Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)
Vietnamese: dị tính luyến ái (vi) (異性戀愛 )
Welsh: anghyfunryw , gwahanrywiol , heterorywiol (cy)
Noun
heterosexual (plural heterosexuals )
A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
2001 , John K. Wilson, How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People :The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firing heterosexuals , they're protected.
Translations
a heterosexual organism
Albanian: heteroseksual m
Armenian: տարասեռական ( taraseṙakan )
Azerbaijani: heteroseksual
Catalan: heterosexual (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異性戀者 / 异性恋者 ( yìxìngliànzhě )
Czech: heterosexuál (cs) m
Danish: heteroseksuel
Dutch: heteroseksueel (nl) m or f
Esperanto: aliseksemulo (eo) ( male or female ) , aliseksemuliĉo ( male, neologism ) , aliseksemulino (eo) ( female )
Estonian: heteroseksuaal , hetero , vastassooihar
Finnish: heteroseksuaali (fi) , hetero (fi)
French: hétérosexuel (fr) , hétéro (fr) m
Galician: heterosexual (gl) m or f , hetero m
German: Heterosexueller (de) m , Heterosexuelle (de) f , Hetero (de) m
Greenlandic: anguteqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq ( male ) , arnaqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq ( female )
Hungarian: heteroszexuális (hu) , heteró
Ido: heterosexualo (io)
Interlingua: heterosexual
Irish: heitrighnéasach m , díreach
Italian: eterosessuale (it) m or f
Japanese: 異性愛者 (ja) ( いせいあいしゃ, iseiaisha ) , ヘテロ (ja) ( hetero ) , ノンケの ( nonke no )
Korean: 이성애자 (ko) ( iseong'aeja )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مێباز ( mêbaz ) ( male ) , نێرباز ( nêrbaz ) ( female )
Persian: دگرجنسگرا (fa) ( degarjens-gerâ ) , هتروسکسوئل ( heteroseksu'el )
Polish: hetero (pl)
Portuguese: heterossexual (pt) , hétero (pt) m or f
Romanian: heterosexual (ro) m , heterosexuală f
Russian: гетеросексуа́л (ru) m ( getɛrosɛksuál ) , натура́л (ru) m ( naturál ) , стрейт (ru) m ( strɛjt )
Sami:
Inari: heteroseksual , hetero
Northern: heterofiila , heteroseksuála , hetero
Skolt: heteroseksuaal , hetero
Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach m
Slovak: heterosexuál m , heterosexuálka f
Spanish: heterosexual (es) m or f by sense , hetero m or f by sense
Swedish: hetero (sv) n
Tajik: дигарҷинсгаро (tg) ( digarjinsgaro )
Turkish: heteroseksüel (tr)
Adjective
heterosexual m or f (plural heterosexuais )
heterosexual
Noun
heterosexual m or f by sense (plural heterosexuais )
heterosexual
Adjective
heterosexual (strong nominative masculine singular heterosexualer , not comparable )
Dated form of heterosexuell .
Coordinate term: homosexual
Declension
More information number & gender, singular ...
number & gender
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
predicative
er ist heterosexual
sie ist heterosexual
es ist heterosexual
sie sind heterosexual
strong declension (without article)
nominative
heterosexualer
heterosexuale
heterosexuales
heterosexuale
genitive
heterosexualen
heterosexualer
heterosexualen
heterosexualer
dative
heterosexualem
heterosexualer
heterosexualem
heterosexualen
accusative
heterosexualen
heterosexuale
heterosexuales
heterosexuale
weak declension (with definite article)
nominative
der heterosexuale
die heterosexuale
das heterosexuale
die heterosexualen
genitive
des heterosexualen
der heterosexualen
des heterosexualen
der heterosexualen
dative
dem heterosexualen
der heterosexualen
dem heterosexualen
den heterosexualen
accusative
den heterosexualen
die heterosexuale
das heterosexuale
die heterosexualen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)
nominative
ein heterosexualer
eine heterosexuale
ein heterosexuales
(keine ) heterosexualen
genitive
eines heterosexualen
einer heterosexualen
eines heterosexualen
(keiner ) heterosexualen
dative
einem heterosexualen
einer heterosexualen
einem heterosexualen
(keinen ) heterosexualen
accusative
einen heterosexualen
eine heterosexuale
ein heterosexuales
(keine ) heterosexualen
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Positive forms of heterosexual (uncomparable )
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌhe.te.ro.sek.suˈal/
Adjective
heterosexual m or n (feminine singular heterosexuală , masculine plural heterosexuali , feminine and neuter plural heterosexuale )
heterosexual
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
singular
plural
masculine
neuter
feminine
masculine
neuter
feminine
nominative/ accusative
indefinite
heterosexual
heterosexuală
heterosexuali
heterosexuale
definite
heterosexualul
heterosexuala
heterosexualii
heterosexualele
genitive/ dative
indefinite
heterosexual
heterosexuale
heterosexuali
heterosexuale
definite
heterosexualului
heterosexualei
heterosexualelor
heterosexualilor
Close
Noun
heterosexual m (plural heterosexuali , feminine equivalent heterosexuală )
a heterosexual
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
singular
plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative-accusative
heterosexual
heterosexualul
heterosexuali
heterosexualii
genitive-dative
heterosexual
heterosexualului
heterosexuali
heterosexualilor
vocative
heterosexualule
heterosexualilor
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Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /eteɾoseɡˈswal/ [e.t̪e.ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧se‧xual