different between labia vs labiality

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

labial +? -ity

Noun

labiality (usually uncountable, plural labialities)

1. The quality of being labial, that is, lip- or labia-like.
2. (phonetics) The quality of being a labial sound (a sound produced with the labia).

Derived terms

• illabiality