straightness
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").
- (countable) The result or product of being straight.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English streightnes suffix from English straight.
Origin
English
straight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antistraight English
- backstraight English
- nonstraight English
- quasistraight English
- straight English
- straightdar English
- straighten English
- straightface English
- straightfolk English
- straightforth English
- straightforward English
- straighthood English
- straighthorn English
- straightish English
- straightly English
- straightsplain English
- straightwash English
- straightway English
- straightwise English
- straighty English
- unstraight English
- стрейт Russian
- стрит Russian
- ストレート Japanese
- strit Polish
- streight Middle English
- streightnes Middle English
- strejtaš Serbo-Croatian
- סטרייט Hebrew (modern)
- 스트레이트 Korean
- stret Papiamentu
- stret Tok Pisin