heter

noun

1. a heterosexual person.

adjective

2. heterosexual.

1. a combining form meaning “different,” “other,” used in the formation of compound words: heterocyclic.

noun

1. slang short for heterosexual

verb

1. archaic, or dialect a past tense and past participle of heat

adjective

2. a Scot word for hot

combining form

1. other, another, or differentheterodyne; heterophony; heterosexual Compare homo-

adj.

“heated,” archaic, late 14c., from variant past participle of heat (cf. lead/led, etc.).

word-forming element meaning “other, different,” from comb. form of Greek heteros “the other (of two), another, different;” first element meaning “one, at one, together,” from PIE *sem- “one;” the second cognate with the second element in Latin al-ter, Gothic an-þar, Old English o-ðer “other.”

pref.

1. Other; different:heterocellular.

1. A prefix that means “different” or “other,” as in heterophyllous, having different kinds of leaves.