heterosexual

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
2. Between two people of different sex.
3. (obsolete) Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.

Noun

A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.

Sinonieme

straight

heterosexual person

straight person

homosexual

naff

normal

Vertalings

eterosessuale

hétérosexuel

heterosexual

heterosexuell

heterossexual

ετεροφυλόφιλος

heteroseksueel

heterosexual

hetero

Heterosexuelle

heteroseksüel

hétéro

etero

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis.