labium
A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on…A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
» The labia are folds of skin around the vaginal opening.
Meaning
5 senses(usually plural)A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
Schamlippe
губа́gubá
a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva)
The lip of a labiate corolla.
ла́биумlábium, ни́жняя губа́nížnjaja gubá
A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
A liplike part of various invertebrates.
The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Examples
3 sentencesThe labia are folds of skin around the vaginal opening.
Somehow she tore her labia.
The external genitalia include the labia majora, mons pubis, labia minora, clitoris, and glands within the vestibule.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.
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Forms
plural: labiaWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular