lesbian
/ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
adj
Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
adj
Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
noun
A homosexual woman, a woman who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
Example Sentences
- "Lesbian fans of the show were rooting for Jane and Amanda to get together."
- "a lesbian relationship / marriage / kiss"
- "The so-termed Lesbian love is a vice of a still more hideous and degrading nature than pederasty."
- "[…] Madonna's infamous nationally televised lesbian kiss with Britney Spears […]"
- "We're going to a lesbian bar tonight."
- "Some lesbians also felt comfortable in the entertainment clubs in the black section of the city; these clubs were not lesbian but were lesbian friendly."
Etymology
From Latin Lesbiana, from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + Latin adjective suffix -iana; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also sapphist, sapphic), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate lesbisch, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
- British English: /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more lesbian (comparative)
most lesbian (superlative)
le$bian (alternative)
le dollar bean (alternative)
les🫘 (alternative)
lesbians (plural)
lesbians (present, singular)
lesbianing (participle, present)
lesbianed (participle, past)
lesbianed (past)