tribade
See also: tríbade
English
Etymology
From Middle French tribade, and its source, Latin tribad-, from Koine Greek τριβάς (tribás), from Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪbəd/, /tɹɪˈbɑːd/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːd, -ɪbəd
Noun
tribade (plural tribades)
- A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian. [from 16th c.]
- 1977, Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve:
- I roused Zero’s suspicions because I began to behave too much like a woman and he started to watch me warily for signs of the tribade. If he had spied any, or surprised me fingering any of his girls, he would have shot me.
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Related terms
- tribadism
Anagrams
- bitrade, red-bait, redbait
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French tribade, from Latin tribas, from Ancient Greek τριβάς (tribás).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtriˈbaː.də/
- Hyphenation: tri‧ba‧de
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
tribade f (plural tribades)
- (historical, originally derogatory) lesbian, tribade
Derived terms
- tribadisme
French
Noun
tribade f (plural tribades)
- (obsolete) tribade
Further reading
- “tribade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
tribade
- ablative singular of tribas