labial
/ˈleɪ.bi.əl/
labial adjective: of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
Adjective
labial (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
- Synonyms:
- cheilo-
- Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
- On the side facing the lips. See mesial.
- Furnished with lips.
- a labial organ pipe
Noun
labial (plural labials)
- A consonant articulated by the lips.
- 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...1670, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries, Natural History, Century II, pp 197-98
- 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...
- 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...1923, Estey Organ Company, The Philosophy of an Organ Builder, Brattleboro, VT, pages 34–35
- Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.
labial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
labial in Hindi
- labial, osthya
- ओष्ठ्य oṣṭhya
labial in Tamil
- உதட்டுப் பகுதி சார்ந்த, உதட்டின், உதட்டு, உதட்டுச் சிரை, பிற்சொண்டுக்குரிய
labial in Urdu
- لب نما, لبوں سے متعلق
labial in Bengali
- labial , ফ , ব , ভ , ণ and ম
- ওষ্ঠ্য ōśṭṭho
More languagesFewer languages
- labial in Malayalam
- ഓഷ്ഠ്യം
- labial in Kannada
- ತುಟಿಯ
- labial in Punjabi
- ਹੋਂਠੀ hoṇṭhī
- labial in Odia
- ଓଷ୍ଠ୍ୟ oṣṭhya
- labial in Sanskrit
- ओष्ठ्य oṣṭhya
- labial in Assamese
- ওষ্ঠ্য üsthyo
- labial in Arabic
- شَفَوِيّ šafawiyy, شَفَهِيّ šafahiyy
- labial in Indonesian
- labial
- labial in Persian
- لبی labi
- labial in Myanmar
- ဩဌဇ au:hta.ja.
- Kashmiri
- وُٹھؠ vuṭh'
Examples of labial in a sentence
- The Hebrews have been diligent in it, and have aſſigned which Letters are Labial, which Dental, which Guttural, & c1670, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries, Natural History, Century II, pp 197-98
- 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:
- All organ pipes are divided into two general classes, labial and lingual pipes.1923, Estey Organ Company, The Philosophy of an Organ Builder, Brattleboro, VT, pages 34–35:
Synonyms of labial
Forms of labial
| plural | labials |
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Origin of 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.
Words formed from labial
- alveololabial
- anterolabial
- apicolabial
- axiolabial
- basiolabial
- basolabial
- bilabial
- buccolabial
- cervicolabial
- dentolabial
- distolabial
- endolabial
- exolabial
- gingivolabial
- illabial
- infralabial
- inguinolabial
- interlabial
- labial-alveolar consonant
- labial artery
- labial consonant
- labial geyser
- labialisation
- labialism
- labiality
- labialization
- labialize
- labialise
- labially
- labial-palatal approximant
- labial-palatal consonant
- labial pipe
- linguolabial
- lorilabial
- maxillolabial
- mentolabial
- mesiolabial
- mesolabial
- nasolabial
- nonlabial
- orolabial
- posterolabial
- postlabial
- prelabial
- quadrilabial
- sublabial
- superlabial
- supralabial
- translabial
- vaginolabial
- ventrolabial
Phrases with labial
Words that rhyme with labial
Questions about labial
- What does labial mean?
- Labial means of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
- What is labial in Hindi?
- Labial in Hindi is ओष्ठ्य (oṣṭhya). See Labial meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use labial in a sentence?
- The Hebrews have been diligent in it, and have aſſigned which Letters are Labial, which Dental, which Guttural, & c
- What part of speech is labial?
- Labial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce labial?
- Labial is pronounced /ˈleɪ.bi.əl/.
Words near labial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: labial (page history and authors); ओष्ठ्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); labial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); labial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ওষ্ঠ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); labial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); labial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଓଷ୍ଠ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); ओष्ठ्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ওষ্ঠ্য (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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