Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A female given name from Japanese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, especially, uncountable
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: girls' love, GL
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”). Doublet of George.
* From Japanese ゆり (Yuri). * From Japanese ゆうり (Yūri). "Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里.
Borrowed from Japanese 百合(ゆり) (yuri, “lily”), by analogy to 薔薇(バラ) (bara, “rose”), indicating love. See Yuri (genre) § “Terminology and etymology” at Wikipedia.
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
