Sappho was a famous Lesbian poet.
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Lesbian
//ˈlɛz.bɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "lesbian" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
271 translations across 85 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- алесбиан noun (gay woman)
Adyghe
1 entries- шыпхъу noun (gay woman)
Afrikaans
3 entries- lesbies adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbiër noun (gay woman)
- lesbiërs noun (gay woman)
Albanian
1 entries- lesbo noun (gay woman)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Λέσβιος adj (of the island of Lesbos)
- τριβάς noun (gay woman)
Arabic
4 entries- سِحَاقِيّ adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- سِحَاقِيَّة noun (gay woman)
- ليزبيان noun (gay woman)
- لِيزْبِيَان noun (gay woman)
Armenian
1 entries- լեսբուհի noun (gay woman)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- lezbiyen noun (gay woman)
Basque
1 entries- lesbiana noun (gay woman)
Belarusian
3 entries- лесбі́йскі adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- лесбі́йка noun (gay woman)
- лесбія́нка noun (gay woman)
Bengali
2 entries- লেসবিয়ান adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- লেসবিয়ান noun (gay woman)
Bikol Central
1 entries- papanay noun (gay woman)
Breton
1 entries- lesbian noun (gay woman)
Bulgarian
4 entries- лесби́йски adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- лесбийски adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- обратна adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- лесби́йка noun (gay woman)
Catalan
4 entries- lesbiana adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbià adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbià adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbiana noun (gay woman)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 叻女 noun (gay woman)
- 基婆 noun (gay woman)
- 女同志 noun (gay woman)
- 女同性戀者 /女同性恋者 noun (gay woman)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 女同性戀的 /女同性恋的 adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- 女同性戀的 /女同性恋的 adj (intended for lesbians)
- 女同的 adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- 女同的 adj (intended for lesbians)
Czech
4 entries- lesbický adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbický adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbický adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbička noun (gay woman)
Danish
4 entries- lesbisk adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisk adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- læbbe adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisk noun (gay woman)
Dutch
4 entries- Lesbisch adj (of the island of Lesbos)
- lesbisch adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisch adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbi noun (gay woman)
Esperanto
4 entries- lesba adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesba adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesba adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbanino adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
Estonian
2 entries- lesbi adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbi noun (gay woman)
Faroese
1 entries- lesbisk noun (gay woman)
Finnish
4 entries- lesbo adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbo adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbo adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbolainen adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
Franc-Comtois
1 entries- froyèche noun (gay woman)
French
4 entries- lesbien adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbien adj (of the island of Lesbos)
- Lesbien noun (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos)
- Lesbienne noun (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos)
Galician
2 entries- lesbiano adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbiana noun (gay woman)
Georgian
4 entries- დედათმავალი adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- დედათმავლური adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- ლესბოსელი adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- ლესბოსური adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
German
4 entries- Lesben adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbisch adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisch adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbisch adj (of the island of Lesbos)
Greek
4 entries- λεσβιακός adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- Λέσβιος noun (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos)
- Μυτιληναία noun (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos)
- Μυτιληναίος noun (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos)
Greenlandic
2 entries- arnaqatiminik atoqateqartartoq noun (gay woman)
- arnaqatiminoortartoq noun (gay woman)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- lesbyèn noun (gay woman)
Hebrew
2 entries- לֶסְבִּית adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- לֶסבִּית noun (gay woman)
Hindi
1 entries- लेस्बियन noun (gay woman)
Hungarian
4 entries- leszbikus adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- leszbia noun (gay woman)
- leszbikus noun (gay woman)
- leszboszi noun (gay woman)
Icelandic
4 entries- lesbískur adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbískur adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbíu adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbía noun (gay woman)
Ido
2 entries- lesbiana adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbiano noun (gay woman)
Inari Sami
1 entries- lesbo noun (gay woman)
Indonesian
4 entries- lesbi adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbi adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbian adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbian adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
Interlingua
1 entries- lesbiana noun (gay woman)
Irish
4 entries- leispiach adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- leispiach adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- leispiach adj (intended for lesbians)
- leispiach noun (gay woman)
Italian
4 entries- lesbica adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbico adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbico adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbica noun (gay woman)
Japanese
4 entries- レズの adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- レズビアン adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- レズビアンの adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- レズ noun (gay woman)
Kazakh
2 entries- лесбиян noun (gay woman)
- лесбиянка noun (gay woman)
Khmer
4 entries- លេសបៀន noun (gay woman)
- ស្ដ្រីដែលប្រតិព័ទ្ធស្ដ្រីដូចគ្នា noun (gay woman)
- ស្ត្រីស្រឡាញ់ស្ត្រីដូចគ្នា noun (gay woman)
- ឡេសស្បៀន noun (gay woman)
Korean
3 entries- 레즈비언 adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- 레즈비언 noun (gay woman)
- 여성동성애자 noun (gay woman)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- лесбиян noun (gay woman)
- лесбиянка noun (gay woman)
Lao
1 entries- ຜູ້ຍິງຮັກຜູ້ຍິງ noun (gay woman)
Latin
1 entries- tribas noun (gay woman)
Latvian
1 entries- lesbiete noun (gay woman)
Lithuanian
1 entries- lesbietė noun (gay woman)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- lesbesch adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- Lesb noun (gay woman)
Macedonian
2 entries- ле́збејски adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- ле́збејка noun (gay woman)
Maltese
1 entries- lesbjan noun (gay woman)
Marathi
4 entries- लेस्बियन adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- लेस्बियन adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- लेस्बियन noun (gay woman)
- लेस्बियन noun (native or inhabitant of the island of Lesbos)
Mongolian
1 entries- лесбиян noun (gay woman)
Norman
3 entries- lesbien adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbien adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbienne noun (gay woman)
Northern Sami
1 entries- lesba noun (gay woman)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- lesbisk adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisk adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbisk adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbe noun (gay woman)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- lesbisk adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisk adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbisk adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesbe noun (gay woman)
Persian
1 entries- لزبین noun (gay woman)
Polish
4 entries- lesbijska adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbijski adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbijski adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbijka noun (gay woman)
Portuguese
4 entries- lésbica adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lésbico adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lésbica noun (gay woman)
- sapatão noun (gay woman)
Romanian
2 entries- lesbi noun (gay woman)
- lesbiană noun (gay woman)
Russian
4 entries- лесби́йский adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- лесбия́нский adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- ле́сби noun (gay woman)
- лесба noun (gay woman)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- leasbach adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- leasbach adj (intended for lesbians)
- leasbach noun (gay woman)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lezbejski adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- лезбејски adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lezbejka noun (gay woman)
- lezbijka noun (gay woman)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- lesbo noun (gay woman)
Slovak
4 entries- lesbický adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbický adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbický adj (intended for lesbians)
- lesba noun (gay woman)
Slovene
2 entries- lezbični adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lezbijka noun (gay woman)
Spanish
4 entries- lesbiana adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbiano adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbio adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lésbico adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
Swahili
2 entries- shoga adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- shoga noun (gay woman)
Swedish
4 entries- lesbisk adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbisk adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lesbisk adj (intended for lesbians)
- flata noun (gay woman)
Tagalog
4 entries- lesbya adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbiyana noun (gay woman)
- lesbya noun (gay woman)
- tibo noun (gay woman)
Tamil
4 entries- அகனள் noun (gay woman)
- மகிழினி noun (gay woman)
- மாயிழை noun (gay woman)
- லெசுபியன் noun (gay woman)
Thai
2 entries- หญิงรักร่วมเพศ noun (gay woman)
- เลสเบียน noun (gay woman)
Turkish
4 entries- lezbiyen adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lezbiyen adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- lezbiyen adj (intended for lesbians)
- ablacı noun (gay woman)
Turkmen
2 entries- lezbiýan noun (gay woman)
- lezbiýanka noun (gay woman)
Ukrainian
3 entries- лесбі́йський adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- лесбі́йка noun (gay woman)
- лесбія́нка noun (gay woman)
Urdu
1 entries- لسبین noun (gay woman)
Uzbek
1 entries- lesbianka noun (gay woman)
Vietnamese
3 entries- đồng tính adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- đồng tính adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- người đồng tính nữ noun (gay woman)
Welsh
2 entries- lesbiaidd adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- lesbiad noun (gay woman)
Yiddish
3 entries- לעסביאַניש adj (of a woman: preferring women partners)
- לעסביאַניש adj (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
- לעזביאַנקע noun (gay woman)
Yoruba
1 entries- onífẹ̀ẹ́-obìnrin-sóbìnrin noun (gay woman)
Sample sentences
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Adoption for gay and lesbian parents remains a hotly contested issue in the United States.
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I like watching lesbian porn.
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I am lesbian.
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