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labium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• lā'bē-əm
• /ˈleɪ.bi.əm/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.

Meanings

1. (plural-normally) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
2. The lip of a labiate corolla.
3. A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
4. A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line. ▸ A liplike part of various invertebrates.
5. The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

Forms

Deriveds

eclabium · labium inferius oris · labiose · pseudolabium · labium superius oris · labial · labiate

Relateds

saccolabium · labrum

Translations (36)

mr रती (liplike structure) · mr भेगा (liplike structure) · mr नार (liplike structure) · fi huuli (lip of a labiate corolla) · mr जिवणी (liplike structure) · mr मदनमंजिरी (liplike structure) · ru ни́жняя губа́ (lip of a labiate corolla) · sv blygdläpp (liplike structure) · vo kunudalip (liplike structure) · mr पुष्पगंधा (liplike structure) · bg устна (liplike structure) · es labio de la vulva (liplike structure) · mr चीरी (liplike structure) · ru губа́ (liplike structure) · fr lèvre (liplike structure) · da kønslæbe (liplike structure) · mr मुकुल (liplike structure) · cmn 脣 /唇 (liplike structure) · es labio (liplike structure) · mr दला (liplike structure) · ru ла́биум (lip of a labiate corolla) · mr कलिका (liplike structure) · de Schamlippe (liplike structure) · mr ऋतुमंजिरी (liplike structure) · fr lèvre de la vulve (liplike structure) · mr स्त्रीपुष्पदला (liplike structure) · fi huuli (liplike structure) · mr कळी (liplike structure) · pl warga sromowa (liplike structure) · ro labie (liplike structure) · mr स्त्रीपुष्पहार (liplike structure) · et häbememokk (liplike structure) · da skamlæbe (liplike structure) · cmn 脣 /唇 (lip of a labiate corolla) · fi häpyhuuli (liplike structure) · hu álarc (liplike structure)