"hetero" meaning in English

See hetero in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɛ.ɾɚ.oʊ/ [General-American], /ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hetero.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more hetero [comparative], most hetero [superlative]
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ Etymology: Clipped from heterosexual. Etymology templates: {{m|en|heterosexual}} heterosexual Head templates: {{en-adj}} hetero (comparative more hetero, superlative most hetero)
  1. (informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person. Tags: informal Synonyms (heterosexual): het, heterosexual, straight, breeder
    Sense id: en-hetero-en-adj-8uNV7SFJ

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛ.ɾɚ.oʊ/ [General-American], /ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hetero.wav [Southern-England] Forms: heteros [plural]
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ Etymology: Clipped from heterosexual. Etymology templates: {{m|en|heterosexual}} heterosexual Head templates: {{en-noun}} hetero (plural heteros)
  1. (informal) A heterosexual person. Tags: informal Derived forms: hetero-fascism, heteronormativity, heterosexism Translations (heterosexual person): hetero [common-gender] (Danish), heteroseksueel [masculine] (Dutch), hetero (Finnish), hétéro (French), Hetero [feminine, masculine] (German), Hetera [also, feminine] (German), hétero [masculine, plural, singular] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-hetero-en-noun-IkDMLjIu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 75

Inflected forms

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