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In your language, how do you describe butch and femme lesbians?
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Eddie [any] feddit.org Klarinette245@feddit.org
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I ask as a butch lesbian (enby) myself. In Swedish, we have: truckflata or butchflata.

I suck at all 3 languages, but for femme I've just seen femmeflata.

I think it's just Butch and Femme in German, but I'm still kinda learning that.

Lesbians in German is lesben and in Swedish, it's "lesbiska" or "flator".

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Tricia [she/they] lemmy.blahaj.zone rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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heritage language, norwegian, traktorlesbe is "butch". i am a butch would be "jeg er en traktorlesbe" or "jeg er ei traktorlesbe".

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Helix 🧬 feddit.org helix@feddit.org
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heritage language, norwegian, traktorlesbe is "butch". i am a butch would be "jeg er en traktorlesbe" or "jeg er ei traktorlesbe".

traktorlesbe

Why a tractor?

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Tricia [she/they] lemmy.blahaj.zone rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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traktorlesbe Why a tractor?

apparently referring to them wearing manly working clothes, like ones farmers/tractor riders would wear maybe?

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TribblesBestFriend startrek.website TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website
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In Québécois French :

Butch : enby (I guess, but I’m not sure)

Lesbienne: lesbians

Not sure what is Femme so I will not pronounce myself.

Since with not that far from New York and Montreal is (was ?) a big sanctuary city we used mostly (American) English terms in vernacular French

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Tricia [she/they] lemmy.blahaj.zone rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#6 · Quote Reply

apparently referring to them wearing manly working clothes, like ones farmers/tractor riders would wear maybe?

oops. just realized it;'s apparently an insult

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undrwater lemmy.world undrwater@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-14
#7 · Quote Reply

Daughter calls herself dyke ("I'm a dyke on a bike!").

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CanadaPlus futurology.today CanadaPlus@futurology.today
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#8 · (edited) Quote Reply

In Québécois French : Butch : enby (I guess, but I’m not sure) Lesbienne: lesbians Not sure what is Femme so I will not pronounce myself. Since with not that far from New York and Montreal is (was ?) a big sanctuary city we used mostly (American) English terms in vernacular French

Enby is a nonbinary person. At least in English.

N.B, get it?

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uKale lemmy.world uKale@lemmy.world
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oops. just realized it;'s apparently an insult

Some people use it proudly about themselves, but if somebody who doesn't love and respect you use it about you, it can be an insult.

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SaneMartigan lemmy.world SaneMartigan@lemmy.world
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#10 · Quote Reply

In Australia I've heard Diesel Dykes and Lipstick Lesbians.

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Random_Character_A lemmy.world random_character_a@lemmy.world
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#11 · Quote Reply

I only know few derogatory terms in Finnish.

"Lepakko"

  • means bat
  • lesbian in general

"Rekkalesbo"

  • means "truck lesbian". Stereotype is slightly overweight woman who looks and dresses like a male truck driver or a lumberjack
  • butch lesbian
  • has some shorter forms
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gjoel programming.dev gjoel@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-04-09
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Only Danish expression I know is decades old and probably not adopted by the lesbian community (hardly flattering), but that is "beton lebbe", where beton means concrete, liking the women to very butch female construction workers, if I'm not mistaken.

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Tricia [she/they] lemmy.blahaj.zone rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#13 · Quote Reply

Some people use it proudly about themselves, but if somebody who doesn't love and respect you use it about you, it can be an insult.

ohhhh ok, i get it now

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TribblesBestFriend startrek.website TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website
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Enby is a nonbinary person. At least in English. N.B, get it?

Ha yes I’ve heard this one. Thanks for pointing my mistake

So enby : non-binaire, une personne non-binaire

Butch would be the same but we use (and prefer) lesbienne

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ttayh lemmy.zip ttayh@lemmy.zip
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I only know few derogatory terms in Finnish. "Lepakko" means bat lesbian in general "Rekkalesbo" means "truck lesbian". Stereotype is slightly overweight woman who looks and dresses like a male truck driver or a lumberjack butch lesbian has some shorter forms

Funny, trucker lesbians in Brazil

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Vandalismo lemmy.world Vandalismo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-25
#16 · Quote Reply

Butchs are "caminhoneiras" which mean "truck drivers", but i don't think there is a specific hegemonic term for femme lesbians

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Left as Center jlai.lu leftascenter@jlai.lu
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#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

France:

Butch is now seen as more polite in younger / woke(*) circles. Camionneuse (truck drivers) is old and derogatory even though still in use.

Femmes are fem, a younger word. NO old word AFAIK. I guess previous generations didn't care as much / were aroused.

Lesbiennes. Older / derogative term was "broutte minou" ~ kitty grazer (and sounds about as cringy in both languages, definitely the older generations were aroused).

(*) I mean that in its original / positive use.

Edit : for men mostly English words are used (gay, top/bottom, bear/cub....)

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Eddie [any] feddit.org Klarinette245@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-04-09
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

Butchs are "caminhoneiras" which mean "truck drivers", but i don't think there is a specific hegemonic term for femme lesbians

Brasileiro? Olá! Estou aprendendo o português!

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Becky/Tricia nord.pub BeckyStjerne@nord.pub
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#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

Brasileiro? Olá! Estou aprendendo o português!

Já falo português. Oi, galera

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Eddie [any] feddit.org Klarinette245@feddit.org
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#20 · Quote Reply

Já falo português. Oi, galera

Olááá, tudo bem??

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Eddie [any] feddit.org Klarinette245@feddit.org
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#21 · Quote Reply

Funny, trucker lesbians in Brazil

Olá!

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Vandalismo lemmy.world Vandalismo@lemmy.world
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#22 · Quote Reply

Brasileiro? Olá! Estou aprendendo o português!

Que jeito bom de começar uma conversa, falando sobre caminhoneiras!

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Eddie [any] feddit.org Klarinette245@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-04-09
#23 · Quote Reply

Que jeito bom de começar uma conversa, falando sobre caminhoneiras!

Kkkkkkk né?

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