Lesbian

Etymology
From (for further etymology, see 🇨🇬) + adjective suffix, from Latin adjective suffix. The sense of ‘gay woman’ is a reference to Sappho, a famous inhabitant of Lesbos and gay poet.

Noun

 * 1)  A native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
 * 2)  The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300, best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.
 * 3)  A sweet, mild wine made on Lesbos in ancient times.
 * 1)  A sweet, mild wine made on Lesbos in ancient times.

Translations

 * French: ,
 * German: Lesviot, Lesviotin, Lesvonier, Lesvonierin, ,
 * Greek:, , Μυτιληναία, ,
 * Marathi: लेस्बियन

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.
 * 2)  Of or pertaining to the Lesbian variety of Aeolic Greek.
 * 3) * 1989, Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye
 * Suddenly open enrollment struck the Sapphic elite and dykes-for-the-masses were everywhere. We got the Lesbian detective, the Lesbian ghost, the Lesbian vampire, the possessed Lesbian, the Lesbian next door, the Lesbian with a heart of gold, the kept Lesbian, the other Lesbian, the Lesbian amnesiac, the Lesbian with cancer, and just plain Butch.
 * 1)  Amatory; erotic.
 * Lesbian novels
 * 1) * 1989, Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye
 * Suddenly open enrollment struck the Sapphic elite and dykes-for-the-masses were everywhere. We got the Lesbian detective, the Lesbian ghost, the Lesbian vampire, the possessed Lesbian, the Lesbian next door, the Lesbian with a heart of gold, the kept Lesbian, the other Lesbian, the Lesbian amnesiac, the Lesbian with cancer, and just plain Butch.
 * 1)  Amatory; erotic.
 * Lesbian novels
 * Lesbian novels

Usage notes
The sense "gay" is now usually not capitalized; see. Compare, which is sometimes capitalized though there is no reason for it to be according to the English language's usual rules for capitalization.

Derived terms

 * Lesbian rule

Translations

 * French:
 * German:, leviotisch, lesvonisch
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Λέσβιος