noun
Meaning 1
Lesbianism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tribadism
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtɹɪbədɪz(ə)m/
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noun
Meaning 2
A sexual act in which two women rub their vulvas together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trib, tribbing, scissoring
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lesbianism, sapphism
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tribade Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tribadism From tribade + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лесбийство (lesbijstvo) — sexual practice
- Catalan: tribadisme — sexual practice
- Chinese Cantonese: 磨豆腐 (mo4 dau6 fu6) — sexual practice
- Chinese Mandarin: 磨豆腐 (mòdòufu) — sexual practice
- Dutch: tribadisme — sexual practice
- Esperanto: tribadismo — sexual practice
- Finnish: tribadismi — sexual practice
- French: tribadisme — sexual practice
- Galician: tribadismo — sexual practice
- German: Tribadie — sexual practice
- Greek: πλακομούνι (plakomoúni) — sexual practice
- Italian: tribadismo — sexual practice
- Japanese: 貝合わせ (kaiawase) — sexual practice
- Korean: 밴대질 (baendaejil) — sexual practice
- Korean: 가위치기 (gawichigi) — sexual practice
- Polish: trybadyzm — sexual practice
- Portuguese: tribadismo — sexual practice
- Spanish: tribadismo — sexual practice