different between labia vs infibulation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?'b?-?
• IPA^(key): /?le?.bi.?/
• Rhymes: -e?bi?

Noun

labia pl (normally plural, singular labium)

1. (anatomy) The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.

   Hypernym: genitals

   Hyponyms: labia majora, labia minora

labia

1. plural of labium

Usage notes

Though usually used as a plural, this noun is also attested as a singular with plural labias or labiae.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:labia

Related terms

• labial
• labium

Translations

References

• “labia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Abila, Alabi, baila

Latin

Alternative forms

• labea (feminine noun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.bi.a/, [???äbiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.bi.a/, [?l??bi?]

Noun

labia f (genitive labiae); first declension

1. feminine of labium

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

? English: labia

Noun

labia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of labium

References

• labia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• labia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labia.

Noun

labia f (oblique plural labias, nominative singular labia, nominative plural labias)

1. (10th century) lip

   • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger

     La labia li ad restaurat

     He [=God] restored his lip to him

Usage notes

• The Vie de Saint Léger citation is the only known recorded usage of the term.

Spanish

Noun

labia f (plural labias)

1. gift of the gab

English

Etymology

Latin inf?bul? (“to close with a clasp or pin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nf?bj??le???n/

Noun

infibulation (countable and uncountable, plural infibulations)

1. An act of fastening, especially the stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse.
   • 1991, Will Self, The Quantity Theory of Insanity:

     When Janner wasn’t telling me about infibulation among the Tuareg or Shan propitiation ceremonies, he was sharing with me the fruits of his concerted observation of Reigate society.

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