レスビアン
See also: レズビアン
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English lesbian[1] or English Lesbian.[2][3]
First cited to a text from the early 1930s.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) レスビアン [rèsúbíꜜàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) レスビアン [rèsúꜜbìàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɾe̞sɨᵝbʲiã̠ɴ]
Noun
レスビアン • (resubian)
- [from early 1930s] Alternative form of レズビアン (rezubian, “lesbian”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “レスビアン”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- “レスビアン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN