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het.

A heterosexual person.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɛt/

  1. A heterosexual person.

    countable · slang

  2. Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship.

    slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English heterosexualclip. English het Clipping of heterosexual.

adj/hɛt/

  1. Heterosexual.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English heterosexualclip. English het Clipping of heterosexual.

adj/hɛt/

  1. Heated.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Middle English het Middle English hette English het From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”).

verb/hɛt/

  1. simple past and past participle of heat

    dialectal · form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Middle English het Middle English hette English het From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”).

noun/hɛt/

  1. dialectal form of heat (“hotness”)

    West-Country · dialectal · especially · form-of · uncountable
verb/hɛt/

  1. dialectal form of heat (“to make hot”)

    West-Country · dialectal · especially · form-of
noun/hɛt/

  1. Clipping of heterozygous.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
    For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.
adj/hɛt/

  1. Clipping of heterozygous.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · not-comparable
noun/hɛt/

  1. Alternative form of heth (Semitic letter).

    alt-of · alternative
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