See cishet on Wiktionary
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"Rhymes:French/ɛt",
"Rhymes:French/ɛt/2 syllables",
"fr:Gender",
"fr:LGBTQ",
"fr:Sexual orientations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Compound"
},
"expansion": "Compound",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "cisgenre",
"3": "hétérosexuel",
"alt1": "cis",
"alt2": "het"
},
"expansion": "Compound of cis + het",
"name": "com+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compound of cis + het.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cishets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cis het",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mf"
},
"expansion": "cishet m or f (plural cishets)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"cishet"
],
"links": [
[
"cishet",
"cishet#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "67"
},
{
"word": "cis-hétéro"
},
{
"word": "cishétérosexuel"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/si.sɛt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛt"
}
],
"word": "cishet"
}
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