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yuri en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 百合(ゆり) (yuri, “lily”), by analogy to 薔薇(バラ) (bara, “rose”), indicating love. See Yuri (genre) § “Terminology and etymology” at Wikipedia.

Meanings

  1. (Japanese, especially, uncountable) A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
    • I wanna start a Marxist reading circle but I feel like if I did that it would just be a bunch of trans puppies barking and playing and like not reading at all and a bunch of yuri 2026 March 2, @lunas.png, Instagram:

Coordinates

yaoi · boys' love

Deriveds

yuriness · yurigem · yuribait · yurislop · yuriful · yurily · yaouri · yuricest · yurifully

Relateds

himejoshi · shoujo ai · lesbian

Synonyms

GL · girls' love

Translations (18)

hi युरी (anime or manga genre) · uk юрі (anime or manga genre) · bn ইয়ুরি (anime or manga genre) · ko 백합 (anime or manga genre) · ja GL (jīeru) (anime or manga genre) · ja 百合 (anime or manga genre) · fr yuri (anime or manga genre) · ru ю́ри (anime or manga genre) · nl yuri (anime or manga genre) · pt yuri (anime or manga genre) · ko GL (GL) (anime or manga genre) · ja ユリ (anime or manga genre) · mr युरि (anime or manga genre) · cmn GL (anime or manga genre) · nan-hbl 百合 (anime or manga genre) · eo jurio (anime or manga genre) · cmn 百合 (anime or manga genre) · hi युरि (anime or manga genre)

wikipedia: Yuri (genre)#Terminology and etymology