lesbian
English
/ˈlɛzbi.ən/
adj
Definitions
- (of a woman) Homosexual, gay; preferring mostly or exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
- (especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Lesbiana derived from Ancient Greek Λέσβος.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Λέσβος
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilesbian English
- cislesbian English
- ex-lesbian English
- gold star English
- gold star lesbian English
- lesbianhood English
- lesbianic English
- lesbianically English
- lesbianish English
- lesbianism English
- lesbianist English
- lesbianistic English
- lesbianity English
- lesbianization English
- lesbianize English
- lesbianlike English
- lesbianly English
- lesbianness English
- lesbianoid English
- lesbianship English
- lesbiany English
- lesbo English
- lesbosexual English
- nonlesbian English
- pseudo-lesbian English
- translesbian English
- Lesbiana Latin
- Lesbos Latin
- lesbianisme Dutch, Flemish
- Λέσβιος Ancient Greek
- Λέσβος Ancient Greek
- lesbisk Norwegian Bokmål
- レズビアン Japanese
- lesbisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- लेस्बियन Hindi
- เลสเบียน Thai
- Λέσβος Greek (modern)
- lesbyana Tagalog
- 拉拉 Chinese
- 레즈비언 Korean
- লেসবিয়ান Bengali
- لسبین Urdu
- lesbo
- lesbiany
- gold star
- lesbianic
- lesbianly
- ex-lesbian
- lesbianish
- lesbianity
- cislesbian
- lesbianism
- nonlesbian
- lesbianoid
- lesbianist
- lesbianize
- lesbianhood
- antilesbian
- lesbianlike
- lesbianship
- lesbosexual
- lesbianness
- translesbian
- lesbianistic
- lesbianically
- pseudo-lesbian
- lesbianization
- gold star lesbian