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hétéro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breeder noun A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
  • hetero adj Informal for heterosexual; attracted to the opposite sex.
  • heterosexual adj Romantically or sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
  • hetty adjective Slang for heterosexual; straight.
  • straight adjective Extending in one direction without bending or curving.

Senses

hétéro is used for these senses in English:

  • breeder (LGBT slang, derogatory) A heterosexual person; one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding.
  • hetero (informal) A heterosexual person.
  • heterosexual A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
  • hetty (gay slang) Heterosexual.
  • hetty (gay slang) A heterosexual.
  • straight (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.

breeder — full definition

  1. noun A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally).
  2. noun Ellipsis of breeder reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons.
  3. noun A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern.
  4. noun A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focused on the rearing of their own children.

hetero — full definition

  1. adj Informal for heterosexual; attracted to the opposite sex.
  2. noun Informal term for a heterosexual person.

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