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lesbiană

lesbian (a woman who is romantically or sexually attracted to other women) /lezbiˈanə/

noun#5239 most common

Also: lesbian (adjective, describing something related to lesbians)

Example sentences

Ea este lesbiană.
She is a lesbian.
Am o prietenă care este lesbiană.
I have a friend who is a lesbian.
Comunitatea lesbiană din oraș organizează un festival în această vară.
The lesbian community in the city is organizing a festival this summer.
Multe femei lesbiene se confruntă cu discriminare la locul de muncă.
Many lesbian women face discrimination in the workplace.
Autoarea a scris un roman despre viața unei femei lesbiene în România comunistă.
The author wrote a novel about the life of a lesbian woman in communist Romania.
Mișcarea pentru drepturile persoanelor lesbiene, gay, bisexuale și transgender a câștigat vizibilitate în ultimele decenii.
The movement for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people has gained visibility in recent decades.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativelesbianălesbiene
Genitivelesbienelesbiene
Accusativelesbianălesbiene
Vocativelesbianolesbiene

Word family

lesbianlesbian (masculine form, or referring to a man's attraction... used mainly as the masculine adjective form)
lesbianismlesbianism
homosexualitatehomosexuality
gaygay

Etymology

The word traces back to Lesbos, the Greek island home of the poet Sappho, whose verses about love among women gave the island's name its later sense. French took the adjective lesbienne from this root, and Romanian borrowed the word from French in the modern era, adapting it with the native adjective ending -iană. The feminine form lesbiană pairs with the masculine lesbian.

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