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Afrikaans
Noun
lippe
- plural of lip
Estonian
Noun
lippe
- partitive plural of lipp
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French lippe, from Old French lipe, lepe (“underlip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Frankish *lippjō (“lip”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lippe f (plural lippes)
- a lip, especially the lower one when it is large or protruded
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Noun
lippe f
- plural of lippa
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English lippa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.
Noun
lippe (plural lippes)
- (anatomy) lip
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lippe f or m (definite singular lippa or lippen, indefinite plural lipper, definite plural lippene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leppe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lippe f (definite singular lippa, indefinite plural lipper or lippor, definite plural lippene or lippone)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of leppe