lesbian

Etymology
From, from + Latin adjective suffix ; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also , ), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.

Adjective

 * , gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
 * 1)  Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners.
 * 2)  Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
 * 3)  Intended for lesbians.
 * 1)  Intended for lesbians.
 * 1)  Intended for lesbians.
 * 1)  Intended for lesbians.
 * 1)  Intended for lesbians.

Synonyms

 * , gay, homosexual
 * , gay, homosexual

Translations

 * Bulgarian: лесбийски
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lesbisk, læbbe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: lesbanino,
 * Estonian: lesbi
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ლესბოსელი, დედათმავალი
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lesbískur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: leispiach
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: लेस्बियन
 * Norman: lesbien
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lesbisk
 * Polish:, lesbijska
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lesbya
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: lesbiaidd


 * Afrikaans: lesbies
 * Arabic: سِحَاقِيّ
 * Belarusian: лесбі́йскі
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: лесби́йски
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女同性戀的,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lesbisk
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ლესბოსური, დედათმავლური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: lesbískur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: leispiach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Luxembourgish: lesbesch
 * Macedonian: ле́збејски
 * Marathi: लेस्बियन
 * Norman: lesbien
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lesbisk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leasbach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лезбејски
 * Roman: lezbejski
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: lezbični
 * Spanish: lesbiano, lesbio, lésbico
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: лесбі́йський
 * Vietnamese:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 女同性戀的, ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:, porlesba
 * Finnish:
 * German: Lesben-
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: leispiach
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lesbisk
 * Scottish Gaelic: leasbach
 * Slovak:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Swedish: (1, 2),  (2)

Noun

 * 1) A gay woman, one who is mostly or exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
 * 2)  A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals.
 * 1)  A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals.
 * 1)  A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals.
 * 1)  A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals.
 * 1)  A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals.

Usage notes

 * Many dictionaries define lesbian simply as a woman who is sexually (or romantically ) attracted to other women.    It especially refers to one who is attracted mostly or exclusively to other women. It is sometimes used in a way that includes other (e.g. bisexual) women who love women, or certain non-binary people.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: алесбиан
 * Adyghe: шыпхъу
 * Afrikaans: lesbiër,
 * Albanian: lesbo
 * Arabic: سِحَاقِيَّة, لِيزْبِيَان
 * Egyptian Arabic: ليزبيان
 * Armenian: լեսբուհի
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: lesbiana
 * Belarusian: лесбія́нка, лесбі́йка
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: papanay
 * Breton: lesbian
 * Bulgarian: лесби́йка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 女同性戀者, 女同志, 豆腐婆 , 叻女 , 基婆
 * Mandarin: 女同性戀者, 女同志, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lesbisk
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:, , lesbanino
 * Estonian: lesbi
 * Faroese: lesbisk
 * Finnish:
 * Franc-Comtois: froyèche
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ლესბიელი, ლესბოსელი
 * German:,  ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τριβάς
 * Greenlandic: arnaqatiminoortartoq, arnaqatiminik atoqateqartartoq
 * Haitian Creole: lesbyèn
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लेस्बियन
 * Hungarian: leszbia, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: lesbiana
 * Irish: leispiach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 女性同性愛者
 * Kazakh: лесбиянка, лесбиян
 * Khmer: ស្ដ្រីដែលប្រតិព័ទ្ធស្ដ្រីដូចគ្នា, ស្ត្រីស្រឡាញ់ស្ត្រីដូចគ្នា, ឡេសស្បៀន, លេសបៀន
 * Korean:, 여성동성애자
 * Kyrgyz:, лесбиян
 * Lao: ຜູ້ຍິງຮັກຜູ້ຍິງ
 * Latin: tribas
 * Latvian: lesbiete
 * Lithuanian: lesbietė
 * Luxembourgish: Lesb
 * Macedonian: ле́збејка
 * Maltese: lesbjan
 * Marathi: लेस्बियन
 * Mongolian: лесбиян
 * Norman: lesbienne
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lesbe
 * Persian: لزبین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, lesbi
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sami:
 * Inari: lesbo
 * Northern: lesba
 * Skolt: lesbo
 * Scottish Gaelic: leasbach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лезбејка, лезбийка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, leñadora ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: tomboy, tibo, lesbya, lesbiyana
 * Tamil: லெஸ்பியன், லெசுபியன், மகிழினி
 * Thai: หญิงรักร่วมเพศ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: lezbiýanka, lezbiýan
 * Ukrainian: лесбі́йка, лесбія́нка
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek: lesbianka
 * Vietnamese: người đồng tính nữ
 * Welsh: lesbiad
 * Yiddish: לעזביאַנקע
 * Yoruba: onífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin

Verb

 * 1)  To (cause to) take part in lesbian sex, or other lesbian activity.

Etymology
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