lesbi
English
Adjective
lesbi (not comparable)
- (Indonesia) Lesbian.
- 2005, Tom Boellstorff, The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia, page 147:
- A gay man who owns a salon in Bandung rents out a front room to a lesbi couple, which they use as a photography studio.
Noun
lesbi (plural lesbis)
- (Indonesia) A lesbian.
- 2014, Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations, Second Edition, page 100:
- While gay males do occupy some public spaces, such as parks or bus stations, lesbis are mostly invisible, consistent with the Indonesian gender norm that women should not assert themselves in public but remain in the domestic sphere […]
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of lesbienne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛs.bi/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: les‧bi
Noun
lesbi f (plural lesbi's, no diminutive)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsbi/ [ˈlɛs.bi]
- Syllabification: les‧bi
Noun
lesbi (plural lesbi-lesbi)
Further reading
- “lesbi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Noun
lesbi m
- plural of lesbio