lesbo

From lesb(ian) +‎ -o.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛzbəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛzboʊ/

lesbo (plural lesbos)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) Lesbian.

• Sobel, Soble, Boles, Lebos, Belos, Blose, boles, sobel, lobes, lebos

Clipping of lesbienne +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.boː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: les‧bo

lesbo f (plural lesbo's)

1. (informal or slang) lesbian

   Synonyms: lesbi, lesbienne

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesbo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -esbo
• Hyphenation: les‧bo

lesbo (accusative singular lesbon, plural lesboj, accusative plural lesbojn)

1. (neologism) a lesbian

   Synonyms: gejino, lesbanino, safismulino, samseksemulino

   • 2000, Joao Manoel Aguilera Junior, “Esperanto en geja parado”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, numbers 8-9:

     [E]sperantistoj en la 4a Parado de Geja Fiero en San-Paŭlo (Brazilo) portis sloganrubandon: “Esperanto, Lingvo Internacia, unuiganta la G.L.S-komunumon” (gejoj, lesboj kaj simpatiantoj).

     Esperantists in the 4th Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo (Brazil) carried a banner: "Esperanto, International Language, unifying the G.L.S. community" (gays, lesbians, and supporters).

• gejo (“gay”)
• samseksemulo (“homosexual”)

• lesba

• samseksemo (“homosexuality”)

Back-formation from lesbolainen (“lesbian”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesbo/, [ˈle̞s̠bo̞]
• Rhymes: -esbo
• Syllabification^(key): les‧bo
• Hyphenation^(key): les‧bo

lesbo

1. lesbian

• (lesbian): lepakko (slang), homonainen (rare)

• homo

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “lesbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023