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lesbianize

/ˈlez.bi.əˌnaɪz/

lesbianize verb: to make lesbian.

Verb

lesbianize (third-person singular simple present lesbianizes, present participle lesbianizing, simple past and past participle lesbianized)

  1. (transitive) To make lesbian.
    • Thus the poem lesbianises a myth of heterosexual conflict.1993, Emma Donoghue, Passions Between Women, Bello, published 2014, page 128

lesbianize meaning in Bengali

lesbianize in Bengali

লেসবিয়ান, নারী সমকামী করা

Forms of lesbianize

third-person singular presentlesbianizes
present participlelesbianizing
past participlelesbianized
pastlesbianized
alternative formlesbianise

Origin of lesbianize

From lesbian + -ize.

Words formed from lesbianize

Questions about lesbianize

What does lesbianize mean?
Lesbianize means to make lesbian.
What is lesbianize in Bengali?
Lesbianize in Bengali is লেসবিয়ান, নারী সমকামী করা. See Lesbianize meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lesbianize?
Lesbianize is a verb.
How do you pronounce lesbianize?
Lesbianize is pronounced /ˈlez.bi.əˌnaɪz/.
What is the past tense of lesbianize?
The past tense of lesbianize is lesbianized.

Words near lesbianize in the dictionary

  1. lesbianist
  2. lesbianistic
  3. lesbianists
  4. lesbianity
  5. lesbianization
  6. lesbianize
  7. lesbianized
  8. lesbianizes
  9. lesbianizing
  10. lesbianlike
  11. lesbianly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lesbianize (page history and authors); lesbianize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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