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Meaning of "tribade" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TRIBADE

From Latin tribas, from Greek tribein to rub.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TRIBADE

tribade  [ˈtrɪbəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRIBADE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tribade is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRIBADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tribadism

Tribadism or tribbing, commonly known by its scissoring position, is a form of non-penetrative sex in which a woman rubs her vulva against her partner's body for sexual stimulation, especially for ample stimulation of the clitoris. This may involve female-to-female genital contact or a female rubbing her vulva against her partner's thigh, stomach, buttocks, arm, or other body part. A variety of sex positions are practiced, including the missionary position. The term tribadism is usually used in the context of lesbian sex, and originally encompassed societal beliefs about women's capability of being penetrative sexual partners. Women accused of having been penetrative during sexual activity were subject to ridicule or punishment. In modern times, the term refers to various forms of frottage between women without any negative connotations. It may also involve vaginal penetration by use of the fingers, a dildo or double penetration dildo, or refer to a masturbation technique in which a woman rubs her vulva against an inanimate object such as a bolster to achieve orgasm.

Definition of tribade in the English dictionary

The definition of tribade in the dictionary is a lesbian, esp one who practises tribadism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRIBADE


calibered
ˈkælɪbəd
calibred
ˈkælɪbəd
chambered
ˈtʃeɪmbəd
cupboard
ˈkʌbəd
Gibberd
ˈɡɪbəd
halberd
ˈhælbəd
laboured
ˈleɪbəd
larboard
ˈlɑːbəd
Lombard
ˈlɒmbəd
membered
ˈmɛmbəd
remembered
rɪˈmembəd
scabbard
ˈskæbəd
starboard
ˈstɑːbəd
tabard
ˈtæbəd
timbered
ˈtɪmbəd
unencumbered
ˌʌnɪnˈkʌmbəd
unlabored
ʌnˈleɪbəd
unlaboured
ʌnˈleɪbəd
unneighboured
ʌnˈneɪbəd
unnumbered
ʌnˈnʌmbəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRIBADE

triazolic
tribadic
tribadism
tribal
tribalism
tribalist
tribalistic
tribally
tribasic
tribble
tribe
tribeless
tribesman
tribesmen
tribespeople
tribeswoman
tribeswomen
triblet
triboelectric
triboelectricity

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRIBADE

arcade
aubade
bade
blade
decade
fade
forbade
gambade
grade
handmade
jade
made
make the grade
on the upgrade
overbade
parade
shade
trade
underbade
upgrade

Synonyms and antonyms of tribade in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tribade» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRIBADE

Find out the translation of tribade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tribade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tribade» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tribade
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tribade
570 millions of speakers

English

tribade
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tribade
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tribade
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tribade
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tribade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tribade
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tribade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tribade
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tribade
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tribade
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tribade
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tribade
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tribade
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண்களிடையே இயற்கைக்கு முரணான புணர்ச்சி கொள்ளும் பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आदिवासी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tribade
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tribade
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tribade
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tribade
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tribade
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

tribade
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tribade
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tribade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tribade
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tribade

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIBADE»

The term «tribade» is normally little used and occupies the 115.776 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIBADE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tribade» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tribade» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tribade

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIBADE»

Discover the use of tribade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tribade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sleep of Reason: Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in ...
The word hetairistriawas the Attic term, for which the (Koine) Greek language in general employed “tribade.” 40 Similarly, as Alan Cameron helpfully points out, in his own critique of Brooten, Timaeus's lexicon to Plato glosses hetairistriai as ...
Martha C. Nussbaum, Juha Sihvola, 2013
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Female Intimacies in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
[“vice infame” 41].54 The dangerous male-imitating tribade is beginning to surface in Duval's treatise, but it is worth noting that the libidinous woman's phallic ear is not the only female phallus that the tribade possesses in Des Hermaphrodites.
Dr Marianne Legault, 2012
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Sexual Types: Embodiment, Agency, and Dramatic Character ...
those wanton-loined womanlings, Tribades, that fret each other by turns, and fulfil Venus even among Eunuchs with their so artful secrets —Robert burton, Anatomy ofMelancholy As sexual types, the sodomite and tribade organize social  ...
Mario DiGangi, 2011
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The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England
By the end of the century the chaste adolescent friend who expresses desire and love for her friend is implicated in the same nexus of transgression that formerly was attributed to her monstrous counterpart, the tribade. It is this "contamination"  ...
Valerie Traub, 2002
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Homosexuality in Modern France
Marie -Antoinette as Tribade in the Pornography of the French Revolution ELIZABETH COLWILL The Court lost no time going à la mode; Every woman turned both tribade and slut: No children were born; it was easier that way: A libertine ...
Jeffrey Merrick, Bryant T. Ragan, 1996
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Comparatively Queer: Interrogating Identities Across Time ...
In 1601 the word “tribade” entered printed English through a poem in which Ben Jonson, in order to insist upon his “owne true Fire” of inspiration, rejects one classical muse after another, including the “Mankind Maide” Athena, while describing ...
William J. Spurlin, Jarrod Hayes, Margaret R. Higonnet, 2010
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Heterosyncracies: Female Sexuality When Normal Wasn't
In this work, the tribade assumes a kind of phallic glory long before she sprang full-fledged from the minds and dissections of Renaissance anatomists. In the course of describing effeminate men, Caelius compares them to the female victims of ...
Karma Lochrie, 2005
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Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia
... with sexual themes, from corruption to conspiracy, and adultery to incest. The allegation mat Marie Antoinette was a tribade — a term commonly used in the eighteenth century to describe women who had sex with other women — proved  ...
Bonnie Zimmerman, 2000
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Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader
Theo van der Meer argues that the tribade does not really fit into the world of romantic, but asexual female friendships, nor into the tradition of female transvestism. Van de Meer claims that perhaps the tribades, with their overtly sexual desires, ...
Janet Price, Margrit Shildrick, 1999
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Lesbian Dames: Sapphism in the Long Eighteenth Century
Contextualizing the Enquiry in relation to prior medical views of the tribade, Theresa Braunschneider demonstrates that Parsons's replacement of the hermaphrodite with the 'macroclitoride' disarticulates female-female eroticism from its prior ...
Ms Caroline Gonda, Mr John Beynon, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIBADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tribade is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forfattere i språklig eksil
Eller kanskje er det riktigere å si at han skriver et norsk med så mange gammelmodige ord (skovlhjul, hedengangne, tribade, granngivelig, utilstedelighet) at det ... «Aftenposten, Apr 15»
2
OUTsider-ness: Bjork's new album is not the only thing leaked this …
OUTsider's opening gambit had punk dykes (and this fag, at least) squeeing with glee: Tribe-8 (a pun on "tribade" #duh), the bad ass San Francisco dyke punk ... «Austin Chronicle, Jan 15»
3
Pour l'histoire : Hartwell House Le souvenir des lys
Sans doute quelques mordus réservent encore la chambre où mourut Marie-Josèphe de Savoie, épouse du prétendant et tribade la plus célèbre de son temps. «Les Échos, Oct 14»
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Fråga kulturen: Vad är egentligen en tribad?
Utsprunget är engelskans tribade, som sin tur kommer från latinets tribas, som betyder gnida, gnugga eller nöta. Att vi fortfarande hittar det i texter och ... «Expressen, Jul 14»
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Le pèlerinage des étudiants en Terre sainte maintenu
Célébration présidée par Mgr Philippe Barbarin, archevêque de Lyon, au bord du Lac de Tribade, lors du pèlerinage des étudiants en Israël, le 22 juillet 2009. «La Croix, Jul 14»
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Begraafplaats voor lesbiennes in Berlijn zondag ingehuldigd
... om een postume "strijd tegen de man" of een zoveelste tirade van een tribade. Overigens zal er geen afscheiding komen tussen de homo- en de heterokisten. «Het Laatste Nieuws, Apr 14»
7
Verdirbt Autofahren den Charakter?
Ich hatte Dieter ausgewählt, weil mir zu Ohren gekommen war, dass er eine etwas tollpatschige übergewichtige Tribade namens Tina, die mit mir zur Schule ... «Tages-Anzeiger Online, Oct 13»
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Des chibres et des lettres
8 Que désigne le joli mot tribade ? A. Une lesbienne. B. Une partie fine à trois. C. Une fellation. 9 Pourquoi les Ivoiriens appellent-ils les prostituées des ... «Libération, Jul 13»
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Raser mot kronikk om barnløse
... vil man finne at både homoseksuell kvinne (Tribade), arbeidsskyhet (Timor laboris) og drøvtygging (Ruminatio) ble regnet som sykelig og behandlingsverdige ... «Nettavisen, Apr 13»
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Alle machen Yoga. Aber warum? Eine Spurenlese auf der Suche …
Sofern sie nicht völlig von irgendeinem Besinnungsweg konsumiert werden, so wie die übergewichtige Tribade im Spandex-Anzug neben mir, die der gesamten ... «Tages-Anzeiger Online, Apr 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tribade [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tribade>. May 2024 ».
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