"heterosexual" meaning in English

See heterosexual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ [General-American], /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/ [General-American], /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heterosexual.wav Forms: more heterosexual [comparative], most heterosexual [superlative]
Etymology: From hetero- + -sexual. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|-sexual}} hetero- + -sexual Head templates: {{en-adj}} heterosexual (comparative more heterosexual, superlative most heterosexual)
  1. (of a person or other animal) Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex. Synonyms (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex): straight, hetero, other-sex Translations (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex): heteroseksual [masculine] (Albanian), հետերոսեքսուալ (heterosekʻsual) (Armenian), տարասեռական (taraseṙakan) (Armenian), heteroseksual (Azerbaijani), хе́теросексуа́лен (héteroseksuálen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), heterosexual [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 異性戀的 /异性恋的 (yìxìngliàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), kenreydhek (Cornish), heterosexuální (Czech), heteroseksuel (Danish), heteroseksueel (Dutch), aliseksema (Esperanto), malgeja (Esperanto), hinskyndur (Faroese), heteroseksuaalinen (Finnish), hétérosexuel (French), heterosexual [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ჰეტეროსექსუალი (heṭeroseksuali) (Georgian), heterosexuell (German), ετεροφυλόφιλος (eterofylófilos) (Greek), heteroszexuális (Hungarian), heterosexuala (Ido), heterosexual (Interlingua), heitrighnéasach (Irish), eterosessuale (Italian), 異性の (isei no) (alt: いせいの) (Japanese), гетеросексуалды (geteroseksualdy) (Kazakh), heteroseksual (Malay), hetracheintyssagh (Manx), taearo (Maori), taera tauaro (Maori), piri tauaro (Maori), piriaro (Maori), विषमलिंगी (viṣamliṅgī) (Marathi), دگرجنسگرا (degarjens-garâ) (Persian), heteroseksualny [masculine] (Polish), heterossexual [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), hétero (Portuguese), heterosexual (Romanian), гетеросексуа́льный (getɛrosɛksuálʹnyj) (Russian), натура́л (naturál) [masculine, noun] (Russian), гетеросексуал (geteroseksual) (Russian), iol-ghnèitheach (Scottish Gaelic), heterosexuálny (Slovak), heterosexual (Spanish), heterosexuell (Swedish), дигарҷинсгаро (digarjinsgaro) (Tajik), heteroseksüel (Turkish), dị tính luyến ái (alt: 異性戀愛) (Vietnamese), anghyfunryw (Welsh), gwahanrywiol (Welsh), heterorywiol (Welsh)
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  2. (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two people of different sex.
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  3. (obsolete, medicine) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Medicine
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterosexual, breeder Hyponyms: heteroflexible, cishet Related terms: heterosocial, heteroerotic, heterogenital, heterosexual person
Derived forms: anti-heterosexual, antiheterosexual, cisheterosexual, heterosexualism, heterosexualist, heterosexuality, heterosexualization, heterosexualize, heterosexually, heterosexualness, metrosexual, monoheterosexual, non-heterosexual, nonheterosexual, pseudoheterosexual Coordinate_terms: sexual orientation [sexual-orientations, sexuality, lifestyle], asexual (alt: -ity, ace), bisexual (alt: -ity, bi), demisexual (alt: -ity, demi), graysexual (alt: -ity), homosexual (alt: -ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (alt: -ity), pansexual (alt: -ity, pan), polysexual (alt: -ity), sapiosexual (alt: -ity), androsexual (alt: -ity), gynesexual (alt: -ity), heteroromantic

Noun

IPA: /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ [General-American], /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/ [General-American], /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heterosexual.wav Forms: heterosexuals [plural]
Etymology: From hetero- + -sexual. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|-sexual}} hetero- + -sexual Head templates: {{en-noun}} heterosexual (plural heterosexuals)
  1. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism. Synonyms (heterosexual person): straight [especially, in-plural], hetero, breeder [humorous, offensive, often] Translations (a heterosexual organism): heteroseksual [masculine] (Albanian), տարասեռական (taraseṙakan) (Armenian), heteroseksual (Azerbaijani), heterosexual [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), مێباز (mêbaz) [masculine] (Central Kurdish), نێرباز (nêrbaz) [feminine] (Central Kurdish), 異性戀者 /异性恋者 (yìxìngliànzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), heterosexuál [masculine] (Czech), heteroseksuel (Danish), heteroseksueel [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), aliseksemulo [feminine, masculine] (Esperanto), aliseksemuliĉo [masculine, neologism] (Esperanto), aliseksemulino [feminine] (Esperanto), heteroseksuaal (Estonian), hetero (Estonian), vastassooihar (Estonian), heteroseksuaali (Finnish), hetero (Finnish), hétérosexuel (French), hétéro [masculine] (French), heterosexual [feminine, masculine] (Galician), hetero [masculine] (Galician), Heterosexueller [masculine] (German), Heterosexuelle [feminine] (German), Hetero [masculine] (German), anguteqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq [masculine] (Greenlandic), arnaqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq [feminine] (Greenlandic), heteroszexuális (Hungarian), heteró (Hungarian), heterosexualo (Ido), heteroseksual (Inari-Lappsch), hetero (Inari-Lappsch), heterosexual (Interlingua), heitrighnéasach [masculine] (Irish), díreach (Irish), eterosessuale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 異性愛者 (iseiaisha) (alt: いせいあいしゃ) (Japanese), ヘテロ (hetero) (Japanese), ノンケの (nonke no) (Japanese), 이성애자 (iseong'aeja) (Korean), heterofiila [Northern] (Lappsch), heteroseksuála [Northern] (Lappsch), hetero [Northern] (Lappsch), دگرجنسگرا (degarjens-gerâ) (Persian), هتروسکسوئل (heteroseksu'el) (Persian), hetero (Polish), heterossexual (Portuguese), hétero [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), heterosexual [masculine] (Romanian), heterosexuală [feminine] (Romanian), гетеросексуа́л (getɛrosɛksuál) [masculine] (Russian), натура́л (naturál) [masculine] (Russian), стрейт (strɛjt) [masculine] (Russian), iol-ghnèitheach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), heteroseksuaal (Skolt-Lappsch), hetero (Skolt-Lappsch), heterosexuál [masculine] (Slovak), heterosexuálka [feminine] (Slovak), heterosexual [by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), hetero [by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), hetero [neuter] (Swedish), дигарҷинсгаро (digarjinsgaro) (Tajik), heteroseksüel (Turkish)
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Inflected forms

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            "masculine"
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          "word": "ჰეტეროსექსუალი"
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        {
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          "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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          "_dis1": "75 3 22",
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          "text": "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).",
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          "text": "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.”",
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          "text": "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.”",
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      "ipa": "/ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "heteroseksual"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "հետերոսեքսուալ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "տարասեռական"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heteroseksual"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "héteroseksuálen",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "хе́теросексуа́лен"
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      "code": "ca",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "heterosexual"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yìxìngliàn de",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "異性戀的 /异性恋的"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "kenreydhek"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heterosexuální"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heteroseksuel"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heteroseksueel"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "aliseksema"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "malgeja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "hinskyndur"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heteroseksuaalinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "hétérosexuel"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "heterosexual"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "heṭeroseksuali",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "ჰეტეროსექსუალი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heterosexuell"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eterofylófilos",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "ετεροφυλόφιλος"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heteroszexuális"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "alt": "いせいの",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "異性の"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "geteroseksualdy",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "гетеросексуалды"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mr",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "دگرجنسگرا"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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      "code": "pt",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "heterosexual"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "гетеросексуа́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "iol-ghnèitheach"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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      "code": "tg",
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      "roman": "digarjinsgaro",
      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "дигарҷинсгаро"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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      "alt": "異性戀愛",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
      "word": "dị tính luyến ái"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex",
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Inari Sami translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
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    "Terms with Marathi translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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          "ref": "2001, John K. Wilson, How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "heteroseksuaal"
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      "word": "hetero"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "vastassooihar"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "heteroseksuaali"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heterosexueller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Heterosexuelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anguteqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arnaqatiginngisaminik atoqateqartartoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heteroszexuális"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heteró"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heterosexualo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heterosexual"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heitrighnéasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "díreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eterosessuale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いせいあいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iseiaisha",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "異性愛者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hetero",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "ヘテロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nonke no",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "ノンケの"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iseong'aeja",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "이성애자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "mêbaz",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مێباز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nêrbaz",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نێرباز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "degarjens-gerâ",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "دگرجنسگرا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "heteroseksu'el",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "هتروسکسوئل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heterossexual"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hétero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heterosexual"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heterosexuală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "getɛrosɛksuál",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гетеросексуа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naturál",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "натура́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strɛjt",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стрейт"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari-Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heteroseksual"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari-Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "heterofiila"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "heteroseksuála"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt-Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heteroseksuaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt-Lappsch",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iol-ghnèitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heterosexuál"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heterosexuálka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heterosexual"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hetero"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "digarjinsgaro",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "дигарҷинсгаро"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a heterosexual organism",
      "word": "heteroseksüel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heterosexual"
}

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