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hetero- [links] ⓘ One or more forum threads is an exact match of your searched term in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | English Usage | Conjugator | in context | images Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hetero- combining form
  1. other, another, or different: heterodyne, heterophony, heterosexualCompare homo-
Etymology: from Greek heteros other WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026het•er•o /ˈhɛtəroʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -er•os.
  1. a heterosexual person.
adj.
  1. heterosexual.
-hetero-, root.
  1. -hetero- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "the other of two; different.'' This meaning is found in such words as: heterogeneous, heterosexual.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026het•er•o (het′ə rō′),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -er•os. adj.
  1. Chemistryof or pertaining to an atom other than carbon, particularly in a cyclic compound.
  2. Informal Termsheterosexual.
n.
  1. Informal Terms Informal. a heterosexual person.
  • 1930–35 for def. 2; (in def. 1) by shortening of heteroatom; (in def. 2) by shortening of heterosexual; see -o
hetero-,
  1. a combining form meaning "different,'' "other,'' used in the formation of compound words:heterocyclic.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] heter-.
  • combining form of Greek héteros the other of two, other, different
'hetero-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): heteroclite - heterodox - heteroecious - heterogeneous - heteronym - heteropterous - heterotrophic - homo- - hetero - heteroaromatic - heteroatom - heteroauxin - heterocercal - heterochromatic - heterochromatin - heterochrome - heterochromosome - heterochromous - heterochrony - heterochthonous - heterocyclic - heterocyst - heterodactylous - heterodyne - heterogamete - heterogametic - heterogamous - heterogamy - heterogenesis - heterogenetic - heterogenous - heterogonous - heterogony - heterograft - heterography - heterogynous - heterokaryosis - heterolecithal - heterologous - heterology - heteromerous - heterometabolous - heteromorphic - heteronomy - Heteroousian - heterophil - heterophony - heterophoria - heterophyllous - heterophyte

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