lesbanino

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto Lesbo

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānusder.

Esperanto -ano

Proto-Germanic *-inī

Proto-West Germanic *-ini

Old High German -in

Middle High German -in

German -inder.

Esperanto -ino

Esperanto lesbanino

From Lesbo (“Lesbos”) + -ano (“inhabitant”) + -ino (“female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lesbaˈnino/

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: les‧ba‧ni‧no
• Hyphenation: lesb‧an‧ino

Noun

lesbanino (accusative singular lesbaninon, plural lesbaninoj, accusative plural lesbaninojn)

1. lesbian

   Synonyms: gejino, samseksemulino

Hypernyms

• gejo (“gay”, noun)
• samseksemulo (“a homosexual”)