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labium

/ˈleɪ.bi.əm/

labium noun: a liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.

Noun

labium (plural labia)

  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.
    1. A liplike part of various invertebrates.
  4. The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.

labium meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

labium in Tamil

உதடு, உதடு வடிவ, கீழுதடு, பிற்சொண்டு

labium in Marathi

liplike structure
जिवणी jivṇī, चीरी cīrī, भेगा bhegā, दला dalā, स्त्रीपुष्पदला strīpuṣpadlā, स्त्रीपुष्पहार strīpuṣpahār

labium in Telugu

labium
ఓష్ఠము ōṣṭhamu

Forms of labium

plurallabia

Plural of labium: labia

Origin of labium

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

Words formed from labium

Phrases with labium

Words that rhyme with labium

Questions about labium

What does labium mean?
Labium means a liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
What is labium in Tamil?
Labium in Tamil is உதடு, உதடு வடிவ, கீழுதடு. See Labium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is labium?
Labium is a noun.
How do you pronounce labium?
Labium is pronounced /ˈleɪ.bi.əm/.
What is the plural of labium?
The plural of labium is labia.

Words near labium in the dictionary

  1. labiovelarized
  2. labiovelarizing
  3. labiovelars
  4. labioversion
  5. labis
  6. labium
  7. labium inferius oris
  8. labium majus
  9. labium minus
  10. labium superius oris
  11. labium vulvae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: labium (page history and authors); labium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఓష్ఠము (Telugu) (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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