different between lezbo vs lez

English

Noun

lezbo (plural lezbos)

1. Alternative form of lesbo

English

Alternative forms

• les

Etymology

Clipping of lesbian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Noun

lez (plural lezzes)

1. (slang, sometimes vulgar) Lesbian.

Derived terms

• lez out

Anagrams

• zel

Albanian

Alternative forms

• leze, lezë
• lemzë

Etymology

From fuller and dialectal lemzë, diminutive in -zë ~ ëz of dialectal lem (“birth; rise”), deverbative of lej (“to give birth”); the original meaning would have been ‘birthmark’.

Noun

lez m (indefinite plural lezë, definite singular lezi, definite plural lezët)

1. facial mole
2. (medicine) wart
3. (medicine) tumor
4. (dialectal) mark, spot, pimple, birthmark

Synonyms

• (wart, mole): lyth, yll
• (tumor): iriq

References

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?s/
• Homophone: les
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

lez

1. second-person singular imperative of lézt

French

Alternative forms

• lès

Etymology

From Old French lez, from Late Latin latus (“next to, beside”), from Latin l?tus (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le/

Preposition

lez

1. (obsolete) next to, near (still used in some place names)

   Saint-André-lez-Lille est une ville proche de Lille.

   Saint-André-lez-Lille is a town near Lille.

Further reading

• “lez” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• les, lés

Etymology

From Latin l?tus.

Noun

lez m (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lez)

1. side

Synonyms

• costé

Derived terms

• delez

Descendants

• French: lès, lez