"les" meaning in English

See les in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lɛz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-les.wav , en-au-lez.ogg Forms: more les [comparative], most les [superlative], lez [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛz Head templates: {{en-adj}} les (comparative more les, superlative most les)
  1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) Clipping of lesbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, slang, sometimes Alternative form of: lesbian
    Sense id: en-les-en-adj-VmahQrLv Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /lɛz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-les.wav , en-au-lez.ogg Forms: leses [plural], lez [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛz Head templates: {{en-noun}} les (plural leses)
  1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) Clipping of lesbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, derogatory, slang, sometimes Alternative form of: lesbian Derived forms: lesbro, lesdar, lesfic
    Sense id: en-les-en-noun-VmahQrLv Categories (other): English calculator words, English entries with incorrect language header, LGBTQ Disambiguation of English calculator words: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020, Valens, Anna, Tumblr Porn, New York: Instar Books, →ISBN, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Her posts would frequently feature her as a half-naked giantess, complete with her deliciously soft belly and bare breasts. Some of her photos would have her feminine penis in view, nonchalantly exposed against her thighs. It was beautiful, unquestionably les, and an incredibly rare opportunity for me (then pre-transition) to see how hormone replacement therapy feminized trans women’s bodies.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of lesbian."
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        "(slang, sometimes derogatory) Clipping of lesbian."
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        "slang",
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    },
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      "form": "lez",
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          "_dis": "47 53",
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        {
          "word": "lesbro"
        },
        {
          "word": "lesdar"
        },
        {
          "word": "lesfic"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of lesbian."
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(slang, sometimes derogatory) Clipping of lesbian."
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
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        "derogatory",
        "slang",
        "sometimes"
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        "Clipping of lesbian."
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    },
    {
      "word": "lesdar"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesfic"
    }
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    },
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}

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