Heterosexuality — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːmbɜːɡ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˌɛtɹəsˈɛkʃuːˈalɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˌɛtɹəsˈɛkʃuːˈalɪti/

7 syllables Say it as /hˈɑːmbɜːɡ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

straightness heterosexualism

Word Forms

heterosexual	adjective	sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
straight	adjective	not homosexual

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Heterosexualität

eine sexuelle Anziehung (oder sexuelle Beziehungen mit) Personen des anderen Geschlechts

🇫🇷French

hétérosexualité

une attirance sexuelle pour (ou des relations sexuelles avec) des personnes du sexe opposé

🇪🇸Spanish

heterosexualidad

una atracción sexual hacia (o relaciones sexuales con) personas del sexo opuesto

🇮🇹Italian

eterosessualità

un'attrazione sessuale verso (o rapporti sessuali con) persone del sesso opposto

🇳🇱Dutch

heteroseksualiteit

een seksuele aantrekking tot (of seksuele relaties met) personen van het andere geslacht

🇵🇹Portuguese

heterossexualidade

uma atração sexual por (ou relações sexuais com) pessoas do sexo oposto

🇷🇺Russian

гетеросексуальность

сексуальное влечение к лицам противоположного пола (или сексуальные отношения с ними)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विषमलैंगिकता

विपरीत लिंग के व्यक्तियों के प्रति यौन आकर्षण (या उनके साथ यौन संबंध)।

🇧🇩Bengali

বিষমকামীতা

বিপরীত লিঙ্গের ব্যক্তিদের প্রতি (বা যৌন সম্পর্ক) যৌন আকর্ষণ

🇮🇳Tamil

வேற்றுமை

எதிர் பாலினத்தவர்களிடம் பாலியல் ஈர்ப்பு (அல்லது உடலுறவு)

🇮🇳Telugu

భిన్న లింగం

వ్యతిరేక లింగానికి చెందిన వ్యక్తుల పట్ల లైంగిక ఆకర్షణ (లేదా లైంగిక సంబంధాలు).

🇮🇳Marathi

विषमलैंगिकता

विरुद्ध लिंगाच्या व्यक्तींबद्दल (किंवा लैंगिक संबंध) लैंगिक आकर्षण

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિજાતીયતા

વિજાતીય વ્યક્તિઓ પ્રત્યે (અથવા જાતીય સંબંધો) જાતીય આકર્ષણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಿನ್ನಲಿಂಗೀಯತೆ

ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಲಿಂಗದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ (ಅಥವಾ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳು).

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭിന്നലൈംഗികത

എതിർലിംഗത്തിലുള്ളവരോടുള്ള ലൈംഗിക ആകർഷണം (അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അവരുമായുള്ള ലൈംഗിക ബന്ധം).

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਪਰੀਤ ਲਿੰਗਕਤਾ

ਵਿਪਰੀਤ ਲਿੰਗ ਦੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ (ਜਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਸੰਬੰਧ) ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਖਿੱਚ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہم جنس پرستی

مخالف جنس کے افراد کی طرف جنسی کشش (یا جنسی تعلقات)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

异性恋

对异性的性吸引力（或与异性发生性关系）

🇯🇵Japanese

異性愛

異性に対する性的魅力（または異性との性的関係）

🇰🇷Korean

이성애

이성에게 성적 끌림(또는 성적 관계)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tình dục khác giới

sự hấp dẫn tình dục đối với (hoặc quan hệ tình dục với) người khác giới

🇹🇭Thai

เพศตรงข้าม

แรงดึงดูดทางเพศต่อ (หรือความสัมพันธ์ทางเพศกับ) บุคคลที่มีเพศตรงข้าม

🇮🇩Indonesian

heteroseksualitas

ketertarikan seksual terhadap (atau hubungan seksual dengan) lawan jenis

🇲🇾Malay

heteroseksual

tarikan seksual kepada (atau hubungan seksual dengan) orang yang berlainan jantina

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الغيرية الجنسية

الانجذاب الجنسي (أو إقامة علاقات جنسية مع) أشخاص من الجنس الآخر

🇮🇷Persian

دگرجنس گرایی

کشش جنسی به (یا روابط جنسی با) افراد جنس مخالف

🇹🇷Turkish

heteroseksüellik

karşı cinsten kişilere karşı cinsel çekim (veya cinsel ilişki)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הטרוסקסואליות

משיכה מינית (או יחסים מיניים עם) אנשים מהמין השני

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