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LGBT

French, adjective/ɛl.ʒe.be.te/

LGBT is spelled L-G-B-T (4 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). LGBT is a French adjective meaning “LGBT; initialism of lesbiennes, gays, bisexuels, transgenres” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appartenant ou relatif à la communauté des personnes homosexuelles, bisexuelles ou transgenres”.

What does LGBT mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    LGBT; initialism of lesbiennes, gays, bisexuels, transgenres

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Appartenant ou relatif à la communauté des personnes homosexuelles, bisexuelles ou transgenres.

noun: 1. Personne qui est homosexuelle, bisexuelle, ou transgenre.

adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de LGBT.

adjective: 1. Appartenant ou relatif à la communauté des personnes homosexuelles, bisexuelles ou trans et autres minorités sexuelles et de genre.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of LGBT

  • lgbt
  • LGBTs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce LGBT?

  • /ɛl.ʒe.be.te/
  • \ɛl.ʒe.be.te\
  • \ɛl.ge.be.te.plys\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to LGBT

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is LGBT in French?

LGBT appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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