# hetero
## English
### Etymology

Clipped from heterosexual.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ

### Adjective

hetero (comparative more hetero, superlative most hetero)
* (informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
    This novel depicts a hetero couple who are in love.

#### Synonyms

* (heterosexual): het, heterosexual, straight, breeder

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “heterosexual”): gay, homo, homosexual

### Noun

hetero (plural heteros)
* (informal) A heterosexual person.
** 2018, Caspar Salmon, “Casting Jack Whitehall as a gay Disney character is an act of queer erasure”, in The Guardian‎:You only have to watch Dominic West’s dancing in the film Pride for two seconds to understand that there are some things beyond a hetero’s range.

#### Derived terms

* hetero-fascism, heteronormativity, heterosexism

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* hereto, othere

## Danish
### Noun

hetero
* (informal) a heterosexual person

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of heteroseksueel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦeː.təˌroː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro

### Noun

hetero m (plural hetero's)
* (informal) a heterosexual, a hetero
    Synonym: heteroseksueel
    Antonyms: homoseksueel, homo

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of heteroseksuaali

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhetero/, [ˈhe̞t̪e̞ro̞]
* Rhymes: -etero
* Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro

### Noun

hetero
* heterosexual, hetero (person)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hetero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteroni
heteroni
accusative
nom.
heteroni
heteroni
gen.
heteroni
genitive
heteroni
heterojeni heteroideni heteroitteni
partitive
heteroani
heterojani heteroitani
inessive
heterossani
heteroissani
elative
heterostani
heteroistani
illative
heterooni
heteroihini
adessive
heterollani
heteroillani
ablative
heteroltani
heteroiltani
allative
heterolleni
heteroilleni
essive
heteronani
heteroinani
translative
heterokseni
heteroikseni
abessive
heterottani
heteroittani
instructive
comitative
—heteroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heterosi
heterosi
accusative
nom.
heterosi
heterosi
gen.
heterosi
genitive
heterosi
heterojesi heteroidesi heteroittesi
partitive
heteroasi
heterojasi heteroitasi
inessive
heterossasi
heteroissasi
elative
heterostasi
heteroistasi
illative
heteroosi
heteroihisi
adessive
heterollasi
heteroillasi
ablative
heteroltasi
heteroiltasi
allative
heterollesi
heteroillesi
essive
heteronasi
heteroinasi
translative
heteroksesi
heteroiksesi
abessive
heterottasi
heteroittasi
instructive
comitative
—heteroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteromme
heteromme
accusative
nom.
heteromme
heteromme
gen.
heteromme
genitive
heteromme
heterojemme heteroidemme heteroittemme
partitive
heteroamme
heterojamme heteroitamme
inessive
heterossamme
heteroissamme
elative
heterostamme
heteroistamme
illative
heteroomme
heteroihimme
adessive
heterollamme
heteroillamme
ablative
heteroltamme
heteroiltamme
allative
heterollemme
heteroillemme
essive
heteronamme
heteroinamme
translative
heteroksemme
heteroiksemme
abessive
heterottamme
heteroittamme
instructive
comitative
—heteroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteronne
heteronne
accusative
nom.
heteronne
heteronne
gen.
heteronne
genitive
heteronne
heterojenne heteroidenne heteroittenne
partitive
heteroanne
heterojanne heteroitanne
inessive
heterossanne
heteroissanne
elative
heterostanne
heteroistanne
illative
heteroonne
heteroihinne
adessive
heterollanne
heteroillanne
ablative
heteroltanne
heteroiltanne
allative
heterollenne
heteroillenne
essive
heteronanne
heteroinanne
translative
heteroksenne
heteroiksenne
abessive
heterottanne
heteroittanne
instructive
comitative
—heteroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteronsa
heteronsa
accusative
nom.
heteronsa
heteronsa
gen.
heteronsa
genitive
heteronsa
heterojensa heteroidensa heteroittensa
partitive
heteroaan heteroansa
heterojaan heteroitaan heterojansa heteroitansa
inessive
heterossaan heterossansa
heteroissaan heteroissansa
elative
heterostaan heterostansa
heteroistaan heteroistansa
illative
heteroonsa
heteroihinsa
adessive
heterollaan heterollansa
heteroillaan heteroillansa
ablative
heteroltaan heteroltansa
heteroiltaan heteroiltansa
allative
heterolleen heterollensa
heteroilleen heteroillensa
essive
heteronaan heteronansa
heteroinaan heteroinansa
translative
heterokseen heteroksensa
heteroikseen heteroiksensa
abessive
heterottaan heterottansa
heteroittaan heteroittansa
instructive
comitative
—heteroineen heteroinensa :

### Adjective

hetero (comparative heterompi, superlative heteroin)
* heterosexual; used mainly as modifier in compound terms.
    heteromies (“a heterosexual man”)
    heterosuhde (“a heterosexual relationship”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hetero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteroni
heteroni
accusative
nom.
heteroni
heteroni
gen.
heteroni
genitive
heteroni
heterojeni heteroideni heteroitteni
partitive
heteroani
heterojani heteroitani
inessive
heterossani
heteroissani
elative
heterostani
heteroistani
illative
heterooni
heteroihini
adessive
heterollani
heteroillani
ablative
heteroltani
heteroiltani
allative
heterolleni
heteroilleni
essive
heteronani
heteroinani
translative
heterokseni
heteroikseni
abessive
heterottani
heteroittani
instructive
comitative
—heteroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heterosi
heterosi
accusative
nom.
heterosi
heterosi
gen.
heterosi
genitive
heterosi
heterojesi heteroidesi heteroittesi
partitive
heteroasi
heterojasi heteroitasi
inessive
heterossasi
heteroissasi
elative
heterostasi
heteroistasi
illative
heteroosi
heteroihisi
adessive
heterollasi
heteroillasi
ablative
heteroltasi
heteroiltasi
allative
heterollesi
heteroillesi
essive
heteronasi
heteroinasi
translative
heteroksesi
heteroiksesi
abessive
heterottasi
heteroittasi
instructive
comitative
—heteroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteromme
heteromme
accusative
nom.
heteromme
heteromme
gen.
heteromme
genitive
heteromme
heterojemme heteroidemme heteroittemme
partitive
heteroamme
heterojamme heteroitamme
inessive
heterossamme
heteroissamme
elative
heterostamme
heteroistamme
illative
heteroomme
heteroihimme
adessive
heterollamme
heteroillamme
ablative
heteroltamme
heteroiltamme
allative
heterollemme
heteroillemme
essive
heteronamme
heteroinamme
translative
heteroksemme
heteroiksemme
abessive
heterottamme
heteroittamme
instructive
comitative
—heteroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteronne
heteronne
accusative
nom.
heteronne
heteronne
gen.
heteronne
genitive
heteronne
heterojenne heteroidenne heteroittenne
partitive
heteroanne
heterojanne heteroitanne
inessive
heterossanne
heteroissanne
elative
heterostanne
heteroistanne
illative
heteroonne
heteroihinne
adessive
heterollanne
heteroillanne
ablative
heteroltanne
heteroiltanne
allative
heterollenne
heteroillenne
essive
heteronanne
heteroinanne
translative
heteroksenne
heteroiksenne
abessive
heterottanne
heteroittanne
instructive
comitative
—heteroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heteronsa
heteronsa
accusative
nom.
heteronsa
heteronsa
gen.
heteronsa
genitive
heteronsa
heterojensa heteroidensa heteroittensa
partitive
heteroaan heteroansa
heterojaan heteroitaan heterojansa heteroitansa
inessive
heterossaan heterossansa
heteroissaan heteroissansa
elative
heterostaan heterostansa
heteroistaan heteroistansa
illative
heteroonsa
heteroihinsa
adessive
heterollaan heterollansa
heteroillaan heteroillansa
ablative
heteroltaan heteroltansa
heteroiltaan heteroiltansa
allative
heterolleen heterollensa
heteroilleen heteroillensa
essive
heteronaan heteronansa
heteroinaan heteroinansa
translative
heterokseen heteroksensa
heteroikseen heteroiksensa
abessive
heterottaan heterottansa
heteroittaan heteroittansa
instructive
comitative
—heteroineen heteroinensa :

#### Derived terms

* heterous
* heteromies
* heteronainen
* heteronormatiivinen
* heteronormatiivisuus
* heteropari
* heterosuhde

### Further reading

* “hetero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Galician
### Etymology

Clipping of heterosexual.

### Adjective

hetero (invariable)
* hetero, straight

### Noun

hetero m or f by sense (plural heteros)
* hetero, straight

## German
### Etymology

Clipping of heterosexuell.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheːteʁo/, /ˈhɛteʁo/
* Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

hetero (indeclinable)
* hetero, straight

#### See also

* Hetero

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xɛˈtɛ.rɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɛrɔ
* Syllabification: he‧te‧ro

### Noun

hetero f
* vocative singular of hetera

## Portuguese
### Adjective

hetero
* Misspelling of hétero.

### Noun

hetero
* Misspelling of hétero.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of heterosexual.

### Adjective

hetero (invariable)
* hetero, straight

### Noun

hetero m or f by sense (plural heteros)
* hetero, straight

### Further reading

* “hetero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

hetero c or n
* (colloquial) a heterosexual

### Adjective

hetero
* (colloquial, only used predicatively) heterosexual
    Synonym: heterosexuell

### See also

* bi
* homo

### References

* hetero in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hetero in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Fula Ordboken