Meaning

3 senses

  1. A consonant articulated by the lips.

    Labial

    a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

  2. An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.

  3. Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Female circumcision can cause labial adhesions.

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  2. The lips are involved in making labial consonants.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
consonant articulated by the lips:

Origin

Borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”), from labium (“a l

Borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”), from labium (“a lip”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, labi(um) + -al.

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Forms

plural: labials
Singularlabial
Plurallabials

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips:labial consonant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
labB1labelB2labiumlaboratoryB1laborerB2labourA2

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