tribade
\tʁi.bad\
The verdict
“tribade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lesbienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tribade · tribade · French
tribade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tribade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁi.bad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tribade » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tribade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.bad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lesbienne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tribade in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tribade, spelled T-R-I-B-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Lesbienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tribade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Telles femmes qui aiment cet exercice ne veulent souffrir les hommes, mais s’adonnent à d’autres femmes, ainsi que les hommes mêmes, s’appellent tribades, mot grec dérivé, ainsi que j’ai appris des Grecs, de τρἱβω, τρἱβειν, qui est autant à dire que fricare, frayer, ou friquer, ou s’entrefrotter.
La belle vierge Camille, belle et généreuse […] le [Turnus] vint trouver seulement avec trois fort honnêtes et belles dames de ses compagnes, qu’elle avait élues pour ses grandes amies et fidèles confidentes, et tribades pensez, et pour friquarelle ; et pour l’honneur en tous lieux s’en servait, comme dit Virgile en ses Æneïdes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.