labial

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English

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”), from labium (“a lip”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to labium +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.bi.əl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪbiəl

Adjective

labial (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
    Synonym: cheilo-
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109:
      The wound that does not kill Christ is the magical labial wound; it is the seal of the resurrection and an expression of the myth of eternal recurrence.
  2. (linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
    Coordinate terms: coronal, dorsal, radical, laryngeal
  3. (dentistry, of an incisor or canine) On the side facing the lips. See mesial.
  4. (music) Furnished with lips.
    a labial organ pipe

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Noun

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labial (plural labials)

  1. (linguistics, phonetics) A consonant articulated by the lips.
    Hyponyms: bilabial, labiodental
    • 1670, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries, Natural History, Century II, pp 197-98:
      The motions of the Tongue, Lips, Throat, Palate, & c. which go to the making of the ſeveral Alphabetical Letters are worthy inquiry, and pertinent to the preſent Inquiſition of Sounds: But becauſe they are ſubtil and long to deſcribe, we will refer them over, and place them amongſt the Experiments of Speech. The Hebrews have been diligent in it, and have aſſigned which Letters are Labial, which Dental, which Guttural, & c
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in The History of Pendennis. , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      You have but the same four letters to describe the salute which you perform on your grandmother’s forehead, and that which you bestow on the sacred cheek of your mistress; but the same four letters, and not one of them a labial.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 578:
      Those were his first words of the voyage, and they were spoken with unstuttered labials.
  2. (music) An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
    • 1923, Estey Organ Company, The Philosophy of an Organ Builder, Brattleboro, VT, pages 34–35:
      All organ pipes are divided into two general classes, labial and lingual pipes. The main difference between the two classes is the manner by which the vibrations producing the sound are caused. In labial pipes the column of air entering the pipe under pressure is set in vibration by a fixed obstruction at the mount of the pipe. […] [T]he obstruction at the mouth […] causes the column of air to vibrate. In the lingual or reed pipe, the vibrations are caused by the air passing through a metal reed, which causes the tongue of the reed to vibrate, thereby setting up sympathetic vibrations in the column of air in the pipe.
  3. (zootomy) Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

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Abenaki

Etymology

Borrowed from French la bière.

Noun

labial (no plural)

  1. beer

References

  • Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin labiālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

labial m or f (masculine and feminine plural labials)

  1. labial (of or pertaining to the lips)
  2. (phonetics) labial (articulated by the lips)

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Related terms

Noun

labial f (plural labials)

  1. (phonetics) labial (a consonant articulated by the lips)

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin labium + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

labial (feminine labiale, masculine plural labiaux, feminine plural labiales)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) labial

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Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labiālis.

Adjective

labial m or f (plural labiais)

  1. labial (of or pertaining to the lips)
  2. (phonetics) labial (articulated by the lips)

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Related terms

Noun

labial f (plural labiais)

  1. (phonetics) labial (a consonant articulated by the lips)

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labiālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

labial (strong nominative masculine singular labialer, not comparable)

  1. labial

Declension

Positive forms of labial (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist labial sie ist labial es ist labial sie sind labial
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative labialer labiale labiales labiale
genitive labialen labialer labialen labialer
dative labialem labialer labialem labialen
accusative labialen labiale labiales labiale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der labiale die labiale das labiale die labialen
genitive des labialen der labialen des labialen der labialen
dative dem labialen der labialen dem labialen den labialen
accusative den labialen die labiale das labiale die labialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein labialer eine labiale ein labiales (keine) labialen
genitive eines labialen einer labialen eines labialen (keiner) labialen
dative einem labialen einer labialen einem labialen (keinen) labialen
accusative einen labialen eine labiale ein labiales (keine) labialen

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /la.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /laˈbjaw/
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: la‧bi‧al

Adjective

labial m or f (plural labiais)

  1. labial (of or relating to the lips)
  2. (phonetics) labial (articulated by the lips)

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Related terms

Noun

labial f (plural labiais)

  1. (phonetics) labial (a consonant articulated by the lips)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French labial.

Adjective

labial m or n (feminine singular labială, masculine plural labiali, feminine and neuter plural labiale)

  1. labial

Declension

Declension of labial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite labial labială labiali labiale
definite labialul labiala labialii labialele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite labial labiale labiali labiale
definite labialului labialei labialilor labialelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin labiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: la‧bial

Adjective

labial m or f (masculine and feminine plural labiales)

  1. (relational) lip; labial (of or relating to the lips)
  2. (phonetics) labial (articulated by the lips)

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

labial f (plural labiales)

  1. (phonetics) labial (a consonant articulated by the lips)
  2. lipstick (make-up for the lips)

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