"hetty" meaning in English

See hetty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɛti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hetty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hettier [comparative], hettiest [superlative], hettie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛti Etymology: From het + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|het|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From het + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} hetty (comparative hettier, superlative hettiest)
  1. (gay slang) Heterosexual. Tags: slang Translations (heterosexual): hétéro [feminine, masculine] (French), hetero (German), etero [feminine, masculine] (Italian), hetero (Spanish), buga (Spanish), hetero (Swedish), strejt (Swedish), straight (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hetty-en-adj-shUgqSst Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 91 9 Topics: LGBT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hetty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hetties [plural], hettie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛti Etymology: From het + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|het|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From het + -y. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hetty (plural hetties)
  1. (gay slang) A heterosexual. Tags: slang Translations (heterosexual): hétéro [feminine, masculine] (French), Hetero (english: women also: Hetera f) [feminine, masculine] (German), Hete [feminine] (German), etero [feminine, masculine] (Italian), hetero [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), buga [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hetty-en-noun-xzllZf9e Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 63 37 Topics: LGBT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "word": "hetty"
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