metrosexual

See also: metrosexuál

English

Etymology

Blend of metropolitan +‎ heterosexual, equivalent to metro- +‎ sexual. Coined by British writer Mark Simpson in 1994.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: met‧ro‧sex‧u‧al

Noun

metrosexual (plural metrosexuals)

1. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.
2. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals.

Synonyms

• boulevardier
• dandy (19th Century)
• fop (19th Century)
• dude, dood (archaic)
• man about town
• masher (archaic)

Translations

man concerned with personal appearance

• Bulgarian: метросексуален (metroseksualen)
• Catalan: metrosexual
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 都市美男 (dūshì měinán), 型男 (zh) (xíngnán)

• Czech: metrosexuál (cs)
• Danish: metrosexuel
• Dutch: metroseksueel (nl) m, metroman (nl) m
• Esperanto: metroseksulo
• Estonian: metroseksuaal
• Finnish: metroseksuaali, hienostelija (fi), keikari (fi)
• French: métrosexuel (fr) m
• German: Metrosexueller m
• Greek: μετροσέξουαλ (el) m (metroséxoual), κλαρινογαμπρός (el) m (klarinogamprós)
• Hebrew: מטרוסקסואל (metroseksual)
• Hungarian: metroszexuális
• Italian: metrosessuale (it)
• Japanese: メトロセクシャル (metorosekusharu)
• Lithuanian: metroseksualas
• Piedmontese: gadan
• Polish: metroseksualny (pl)
• Portuguese: metrossexual (pt) m
• Romanian: metrosexual
• Russian: метросексуа́л (ru) m (metrosɛksuál)
• Serbo-Croatian: метросексуалан
• Spanish: metrosexual (es)
• Swedish: metrosexuell (sv)
• Turkish: metroseksüel (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} vitellone (it) m

Adjective

metrosexual (comparative more metrosexual, superlative most metrosexual)

1. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle.

See also

• ambisexual
• gender-bender
• unisex
• machosexual
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mə.tɾu.sək.suˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mə.tɾo.sək.suˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.tɾo.sek.suˈal]

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuals)

1. metrosexual

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metɾoseɡˈswal/ [me.t̪ɾo.seɣ̞ˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧tro‧se‧xual

Noun

metrosexual m (plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

Adjective

metrosexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural metrosexuales)

1. metrosexual

Further reading

• “metrosexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28