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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hetero- combining form - other, another, or different: heterodyne, heterophony, heterosexual
Etymology: from Greek heteros other het•er•o /ˈhɛtəroʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -er•os. - a heterosexual person.
adj. - heterosexual.
-hetero-, root. - -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 © 2024het•er•o (het′ə rō′),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -er•os. adj. - Chemistryof or pertaining to an atom other than carbon, particularly in a cyclic compound.
- Informal Termsheterosexual.
n. - 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
- 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
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