lesbien — meaning in English

English meaning

• lesbian adj Describing a woman who is romantically or sexually attracted to other women.
• sapphic adj Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.

Senses

lesbien is used for these senses in English:

• Lesbian Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.
• Lesbian (linguistics, uncountable) The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.
• sapphic Lesbian, relating to lesbianism, or (broadly) to women who are attracted (not necessarily exclusively) to women.

lesbian — full definition

1. adj Describing a woman who is romantically or sexually attracted to other women.
2. noun A woman who is romantically or sexually attracted to other women.

sapphic — full definition

1. adj Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.
2. adj Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
3. adj Alternative letter-case form of sapphic.

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