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LGBT

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɛl d͡ʒiː biː tiː/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: GBT, GLBT, BGLT

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the LGBT community.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, nonstandard

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sandwich named after the sexuality-gender term, composed of lettuce, guacamole or avocado, bacon, tomato. A variant of the BLT.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of LGBT.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual, derived from earlier LGB. Attested since 1988. Used as a self-designation in United States gay rights activism since about 1990.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Arabic: مُجْتَمَع المِيم (mujtamaʕ al-mīm) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Arabic: إِل جِي بِي تِي (ʔil jī bī tī) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Arabic: قَوْم لُوط (qawm lūṭ) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Armenian: ԼԳԵՓ (LGEPʻ) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Armenian: ԼԳԲՏ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Belarusian: ЛГБТ (LHBT) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Bengali: এলজিবিটি (el-ji-bi-ṭi) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Breton: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Breton: LGDT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Bulgarian: ЛГБТ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Catalan: LGTB — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Chinese Mandarin: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Cornish: LKDT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Czech: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Danish: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Dutch: LHBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Dutch: lhbt — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Esperanto: GLAT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Finnish: HLBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • French: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Galician: LGTB — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Georgian: ლგბტ (lgbṭ) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • German: LSBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • German: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Greek: ΛΟΑΤ (LOAT) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Hebrew: להט״ב (lahatáv) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Hindi: एल जी बी टी (el jī bī ṭī) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Hungarian: LMBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Indonesian: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Irish: LADT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Italian: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Japanese: LGBT (eru jī bī tī) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Korean: 엘지비티 (eljibiti) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Malay: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Māori: takatāpui — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Mongolian: ЛГБТ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Norwegian: LHBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Persian: الجیبیتی (el-ji-bi-ti) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Polish: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Portuguese: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Romanian: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Russian: ЛГБТ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Russian: лесбия́нки, ге́и, бисексуа́лы и трансге́ндеры (lesbijánki, géi, bisɛksuály i transgéndɛry) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Scottish Gaelic: LCDT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Serbo-Croatian: ЛГБТ — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Serbo-Croatian: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Spanish: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Spanish: LGTB — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Swedish: HBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Swedish: hbt — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Thai: กลุ่มบุคคลที่มีความหลากหลายทางเพศ (glùm bùkkon têe mee kwaam làak lăai taang pâyt) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Thai: กลุ่มบุคคลแอลจีบีที (glùm bùk-kon ɛɛl-jii-bii-tii) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Turkish: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Ukrainian: ЛГБТ (LHBT) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Urdu: ایل جی بی ٹی (el jī bī ṭī) — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Uzbek: LBBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Vietnamese: LGBT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual
  • Welsh: LHDT — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or transsexual