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Plural of labium

irregular plural

The plural of labium is labia.

Forms of labium

Singularlabium /ˈleɪ.bi.əm/
Plurallabia /ˈleɪ.bi.ə/
Countablecountable

Labia in a sentence

  • She spread her labia further, both sets of lips protecting the vestibule, the delicate area between them.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 318. From the entry vestibule
  • She pressed lightly around the outer labia and above the pubic mound, checking for tears or damage.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 317. From the entry pubic mound
  • TAI: One time I was using some clippers to trim downstairs and I totally caught my labia.2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1697: Whoa Ooh Ahh Oww. From the entry clippers
  • The enlargement, thickening, and fibrosis of the labia is termed esthiomene.2009, Thomas P. Habif, Clinical Dermatology E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 409. From the entry esthiomene
  • A brawny edema of the labia, with deeply penetrating destructive ulcers may occur in the late stages.1960, Laman Alexander Gray, A Text Book of Gynecology, page 47. From the entry blue balls

Meaning of labium

  1. noun A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
  2. noun The lip of a labiate corolla.
  3. noun A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.

Full definition of labium

Nouns ending in -um: plural -a

Questions about the plural of labium

What is the plural of labium?
The plural of labium is labia.
Is labium countable?
Labium is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: labium (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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