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) 

  1. [from early 1930s] Alternative form of レズビアン (rezubian, “lesbian”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “レスビアン”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “レスビアン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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