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labial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈleɪb.jəl/
• /ˈleɪ.bi.əl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin labiālisbor. English labial Borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”), from labium (“a lip”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, labi(um) + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
   • 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. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109:
2. (not-comparable) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
3. (not-comparable, of an incisor or canine) On the side facing the lips. See mesial.
4. (not-comparable) Furnished with lips.
   • a labial organ pipe

Coordinates

dorsal · radical · coronal · laryngeal

Deriveds

basolabial · endolabial · basiolabial · vaginolabial · labial consonant · labialisation · exolabial · labialize · labially · interlabial · linguolabial · mentolabial · labial pipe · axiolabial · translabial · labialism · anterolabial · cervicolabial · nonlabial · sublabial · maxillolabial · mesolabial · quadrilabial · apicolabial · inguinolabial · superlabial · ventrolabial · labial artery · mesiolabial · labialization · orolabial · labiality · labial geyser · infralabial · bilabial · labialise · buccolabial · nasolabial · posterolabial · labial-palatal approximant · supralabial · lorilabial · labial-palatal consonant · labial-alveolar consonant · prelabial · dentolabial · illabial · postlabial · alveololabial · gingivolabial · distolabial

Synonyms

cheilo-

Translations (61)

bg лабиален (pertaining to the lips) · hy շրթնային (articulated by the lips) · cs retný (pertaining to the lips) · el χειλικός (pertaining to the lips) · ar شَفَوِيّ (pertaining to the lips) · bg лабиален (articulated by the lips) · fi huuli- (furnished with lips) · id labial (articulated by the lips) · es labial (articulated by the lips) · es labial (pertaining to the lips) · mhr тӱрван (articulated by the lips) · fr labial (pertaining to the lips) · fi labiaalinen (pertaining to the lips) · ka ლაბიალური (articulated by the lips) · pl labialny (articulated by the lips) · uk губни́й (articulated by the lips) · it labiale (articulated by the lips) · cmn 脣側 /唇侧 (on the side facing the lips) · fa لبی (pertaining to the lips) · pt labial (pertaining to the lips) · be губны́ (pertaining to the lips) · ru губно́й (pertaining to the lips) · gl labial (articulated by the lips) · gl labial (pertaining to the lips) · nl labiaal (pertaining to the lips) · ru лабиа́льный (articulated by the lips) · ar شَفَوِيّ (articulated by the lips) · pl wargowy (pertaining to the lips) · fo varraljóð (articulated by the lips) · mhr лабиал (articulated by the lips) · pa ਹੋਂਠੀ (pertaining to the lips) · de labial (pertaining to the lips) · fo varra- (pertaining to the lips) · be губны́ (articulated by the lips) · it labiale (pertaining to the lips) · ar شَفَهِيّ (articulated by the lips) · ru лабиа́льный (pertaining to the lips) · fr labial (articulated by the lips) · kmr lêvî (pertaining to the lips) · fi labiaalinen (on the side facing the lips) · de Lippen- (pertaining to the lips) · sq buzor (articulated by the lips) · ckb لێوی (pertaining to the lips) · el χειλικός (articulated by the lips) · fi huuli- (pertaining to the lips) · ka ბაგისმიერი (articulated by the lips) · ca labial (articulated by the lips) · pt labial (articulated by the lips) · uk губни́й (pertaining to the lips) · sq buzor (pertaining to the lips) · pl wargowy (articulated by the lips) · ca labial (pertaining to the lips) · ks وُٹھؠ (articulated by the lips) · fi labiaali- (on the side facing the lips) · ru губно́й (articulated by the lips) · fi labiaalinen (articulated by the lips) · ar شَفَهِيّ (pertaining to the lips) · cmn 脣的 /唇的 (pertaining to the lips) · de labial (articulated by the lips) · hy շրթնային (pertaining to the lips) · my ဩဌဇ (articulated by the lips)

labial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈleɪb.jəl/
• /ˈleɪ.bi.əl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin labiālisbor. English labial Borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”), from labium (“a lip”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, labi(um) + -al.

Meanings

1. A consonant articulated by the lips.
   • Those were his first words of the voyage, and they were spoken with unstuttered labials. 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 578:
   • 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. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
   • 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 1670, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries, Natural History, Century II, pp 197-98
2. An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
   • 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. 1923, Estey Organ Company, The Philosophy of an Organ Builder, Brattleboro, VT, pages 34–35:
3. Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

Forms

Translations (17)

cmn 脣音 /唇音 (consonant articulated by the lips) · sh labijal (consonant articulated by the lips) · fi labiaali (consonant articulated by the lips) · sl ustničnik (consonant articulated by the lips) · nl labiaal (organ pipe) · ca labial (consonant articulated by the lips) · cy cytsain eneuol (consonant articulated by the lips) · sq buzore (consonant articulated by the lips) · pt labial (consonant articulated by the lips) · gl labial (consonant articulated by the lips) · sh usnenik (consonant articulated by the lips) · cy gwefliad (consonant articulated by the lips) · es labial (consonant articulated by the lips) · sl labial (consonant articulated by the lips) · it labiale (consonant articulated by the lips) · de Labial (consonant articulated by the lips) · hy շրթնային (consonant articulated by the lips)