Definitions of labial [ˈleɪ bi əl]

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Definition of 'labial'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) labial
of, pertaining to, or resembling a labium.

2. labial
of or pertaining to the lips.

3. labial
(of a speech sound) articulated using one or both lips, as the sounds (p), (v), (m), (w), or (&oomacr;).

4. (n.) labial
a labial speech sound, esp. a consonant.

Etymology: (1585–95; < ML)

Definition of 'labial'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) labial consonant, labial
a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

2. (adj) labial
of or relating to the lips of the mouth
"labial stops"

3. (adj) labial
relating to or near the female labium

Definition of 'labial'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) labial
of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins

2. (adj) labial
furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe

3. (adj) labial
articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w

4. (adj) labial
modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178

5. (adj) labial
of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium

6. (noun) labial
a letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w

7. (noun) labial
an organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe

8. (noun) labial
one of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile

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