HETEROとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɛt.(ə).ɹoʊ/
• 韻: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛtɹəʊ

形容詞

hetero (comparative more hetero, superlative most hetero)

1. (informal) Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.

   This novel depicts a hetero couple who are in love.

同意語

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

反意語

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

名詞

hetero (plural heteros)

1. (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.

派生語

アナグラム

• hereto, othere

語源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”).

発音

• Homophone: hetero (when ⟨o⟩ is not reduced to schwa)

接頭辞

hetero-

1. Varied, heterogeneous; a set that has variety with respect to the root.

   heterogamous is in which a plant has male and female flowers, heterochromatic is having more than one colour, heterogender is involving people with different genders, heteroglossia is the coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties

2. (organic chemistry) Heterocyclic: a cyclic compound with multiple elements in its ring. The non-carbon atoms are known as heteroatoms.

   heteroalkene is any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom, heteroaddition is any addition reaction that introduces a heteroatom, heterofullerene is any compound formally derived from a fullerene by replacing one or more carbon atom by a heteroatom, heteroaromatic is having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring

3. (chemistry) A heterogeneous mixture.

   heterofunctionalization is any reaction in which two different functional groups are added at the same time, heterofibril is a fibril composed of two or more types of collagen, heterodimeric is produced from two similar but different monomers

4. Across, spanning multiple distinct kinds of the root, different.

   heterochrome is of different colors, heterocladic is relating to branches of different arteries, heteroexchange is the exchange of different entities (eg acidic and basic amino acids, heterocoordination is coordination between different metal atoms

5. (LGBTQ) Straight, heterosexual.

   heterocentric is having a heterosexual bias or basis, heteroamorous is characterized by love with another of the opposite sex; heteroromantic, heterofemale is a woman who is heterosexual

6. Other, by another.

   Synonym: allo-

   Antonyms: auto-, homo-

   heteroadministered is administered by a clinician on behalf of a patient, heterobiography is biography written by another person (not autobiography), heterocentric is focused on other people (as opposed to the self), heteroencapsidation is the encapsidation of the genetic material of one type of virus with the coat protein of another

7. Opposite in direction or position.

   heterodromous is spiralling in opposite directions on a stem or branch, heterofacial is on opposite faces, heterodirectional is that moves or operates in the opposite direction as another, heterochiral is reversed (as a mirror image), but otherwise identical

8. (transplantation) Outside; Synonym of xeno-.

   heterogenetic is of a disease: produced by infection from outside the body, heterocephaly is the appointment of the governing body by an outside authority, heterodiegetic is of or relating to a narrator that does not take part in the plot

9. Asymmetric in shape.

   heterogangliate is having the ganglia of the nervous system arranged in an asymmetrical manner, heteracanth is having the spines of the dorsal fin asymmetrical, heterocercal is a fish's tail's shape that is vertically asymmetric

10. Inconsistent, irregular, or intermittent.

    heterochylia is the irregular production of gastric juices, heterodynamic is describing a lifecycle in which the organism is sometimes active and sometimes dormant, heterochronic is occurring at different times or intermittently

11. Alternating.

    heterogamous is characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature, heteroclitic is signifying a Proto-Indo-European stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “different”): homo-, iso-
• (antonym(s) of “not equivalent”): equi-, iso-
• auto-, self-
• ortho-
• syn-

等位語

• allo- (sometimes synonymous; differentiated in transplantation sense, intraspecies versus interspecies)

派生語

参考

• (similar) homeo-

アナグラム

• hereto, othere