The meaning of Lesbian

Lesbian – definition

noun
A gay woman.
Usage examples:
In a few decades people will look at the bigotry against gays and lesbians as medieval.
Synonims:
Gay woman Homosexual woman Tribade Invert Zami Lez Lesbo Lezzy Lezzo Dyke Bulldyke Rug muncher Carpet muncher

adjective
Relating to gay women or to homosexuality in women.
Usage examples:
A lesbian relationship
Synonims:
Gay Homosexual Lgbt Glbt Tribadic Queer Dykey
adjective
From or relating to the greek island of lesbos.
Usage examples:
The climate is essentially temperate, allowing for the growing of grapes, and lesbian wine was famo…
adjective
From or relating to the greek island of lesbos.
Usage examples:
The climate is essentially temperate, allowing for the growing of grapes, and lesbian wine was famo…
adjective
From or relating to the greek island of lesbos.
Usage examples:
The climate is essentially temperate, allowing for the growing of grapes, and lesbian wine was famo…
adjective
From or relating to the greek island of lesbos.
Usage examples:
The climate is essentially temperate, allowing for the growing of grapes, and lesbian wine was famo…
adjective
From or relating to the greek island of lesbos.
Usage examples:
The climate is essentially temperate, allowing for the growing of grapes, and lesbian wine was famo…

adjective
From or relating to the island of lesbos.

noun
A woman who is physically attracted to other women

Lesbian translation into English

Lesbian: translate from English into Chinese

女同性恋

Lesbian: translate from English into Dutch

Lesbienne, Lesbisch

Lesbian: translate from English into French

Lesbienne

Lesbian: translate from English into German

Lesbisch

Lesbian: translate from English into Hindi

समलैंगिक

Lesbian: translate from English into Italian

Lesbica

Lesbian: translate from English into Korean

레즈비언, 레스버스 섬의, 동성애의, 여성간의 동성애의, 레스버스섬 사람

Lesbian: translate from English into Russian

Лесбиянка, Лесбийский, Лесбосский

Lesbian: translate from English into Spanish

Lesbiana

Word origin

late 19th century: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian.

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Lesbian – similar words

lesbians

ˈlɛzbɪən

noun
A gay woman.
Usage examples:
In a few decades people will look at the bigotry against gays and lesbians as medieval.

adjective
Relating to gay women or to homosexuality in women.
Usage examples:
A lesbian relationship

adjective
From or relating to the greek island of lesbos.
Usage examples:
The climate is essentially temperate, allowing for the growing of grapes, and lesbian wine was famo…

All meanings and translations of Lesbians

lesbianism

noun
Sexual attraction or sexual activity between women.
Usage examples:
Pop stars who flirt with lesbianism for publicity

noun
The state of being a lesbian

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Lesbian synonims

bulldyke

noun
An extremely offensive word for a lesbian (= a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women) whose appearance and behaviour are thought to be more typically masculine

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dyke

noun
A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.
Usage examples:
Ponds are separated by dikes that prevent flooding and provide access routes to the ponds for elect…

verb
Provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.
Usage examples:
They dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer

noun
A lesbian.

All meanings and translations of Dyke

gay

adjective
(of a person) homosexual (used especially of a man).
Usage examples:
The city's gay and lesbian people

noun
A homosexual person (typically referring to a man).
Usage examples:
The capital is a popular destination for gays and lesbians from all over the world

adjective
Homosexual
Usage examples:
Gay rights, her gay, lively personality made her attractive to everyone who knew her., the law bann…

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homosexual

adjective
Sexually or romantically attracted exclusively to people of one's own sex.
Usage examples:
Campaigning by homosexual men and women for an end to social and legal discrimination

noun
Sexually attracted to people of one's own sex.

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invert

verb
Put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement.
Usage examples:
Invert the mousse on to a serving plate

noun
An arch constructed in an upside-down position to provide lateral support, e.g. in a tunnel.

noun
Short for invertebrate.

All meanings and translations of Invert

lez

noun
Abbreviation for low emission zone: an area of a city that you must pay to enter if you are driving a vehicle that produces more than a low level of harmful emissions (= waste gases)
Usage examples:
How do you know whether you can enter the lez? check your vehicle's euro standard and fuel type eur…

All meanings and translations of Lez

lgbt

adjective
Abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender: relating to or characteristic of people who are not heterosexual (= sexually or romantically attracted to women if you are a man, and men if you are a woman) or who are not cisgender (= having a gender that matches the body you were born with)
Usage examples:
He was an early campaigner for lgbt rights., lgbt organizations led the charge against the legislat…

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queer

adjective
Strange; odd.
Usage examples:
She had a queer feeling that they were being watched

verb
(of a person) homosexual.

adjective
Unusual or strange
Usage examples:
She had a queer expression on her face.

All meanings and translations of Queer

tribade

noun
A lesbian.

All meanings and translations of Tribade

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