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labial
[ ley-bee-uhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a labium.
- of or relating to the lips.
- Phonetics. involving lip articulation, as p, v, m, w, or a rounded vowel.
- Music. having the tones produced by the impact of a stream of air on a sharp liplike edge, as in a flute or the flue pipes of an organ.
noun
Phonetics.
- any labial consonant, especially a bilabial.
- any labial sound.
labial
/ ˈɪɪə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or near lips or labia
- music producing sounds by the action of an air stream over a narrow liplike fissure, as in a flue pipe of an organ
- phonetics relating to a speech sound whose articulation involves movement or use of the lips
a labial click
noun
- Also calledlabial pipe music an organ pipe with a liplike fissure
- phonetics a speech sound such as English p or m, whose articulation involves movement or use of the lips
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Derived Forms
- ˌˈٲ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of labial1
C16: from Medieval Latin , from Latin labium lip
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Example Sentences
Following delivery of her second child, Brock spent an unusually long time suturing what he said was a small labial tear, she told police and the medical board.
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Some are revealed to have long, squiggly tails — spermatozoa, perhaps, which resonate against the labial form that Rist designed for the lights.
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She also supplied dozens of rather labial pink pillows.
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It’s like a clamshell that encases you in its labial folds.
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It was a gift from my mum, who had read the searing details about my labial surgery.
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