different between labial vs labia

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labi?lis (“of or pertaining to the lips”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?.bi.?l/

Adjective

labial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
2. (linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
3. (dentistry) Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
4. (music) Furnished with lips.

   a labial organ pipe

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}
• (linguistics): coronal, dorsal, radical, laryngeal

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

labial (plural labials)

1. (linguistics) A consonant articulated by the lips.
2. (music) An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
3. Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

Hyponyms

• (linguistics): bilabial, labiodental

Translations

Anagrams

• abilla, ballia

Abenaki

Etymology

Borrowed from French la bière.

Noun

labial (no plural)

1. beer

References

• Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labi?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /l?.bi?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /la.bi?al/

Adjective

labial (masculine and feminine plural labials)

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

Derived terms

• bilabial
• labialitzar

Related terms

• llavi

Noun

labial f (plural labials)

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

Further reading

• “labial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “labial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “labial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “labial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin labium + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bjal/

Adjective

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

1. (phonetics, phonology) labial

Derived terms

• bilabial

See also

• labio-vélaire

Further reading

• “labial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labi?lis.

Adjective

labial m or f (plural labiais)

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

Derived terms

• bilabial
• labializar

Related terms

• labio

Noun

labial f (plural labiais)

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

Further reading

• “labial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?bi?a?l/

Adjective

labial (not comparable)

1. labial

Declension

Derived terms

• bilabial

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labi?lis.

Adjective

labial m or f (plural labiais, comparable)

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

Derived terms

• bilabial
• labializar

Related terms

• lábio

Noun

labial f (plural labiais)

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

Further reading

• “labial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French labial

Adjective

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

1. labial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labi?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?bjal/, [la???jal]

Adjective

labial (plural labiales)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• labio

Noun

labial f (plural labiales)

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

Further reading

• “labial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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