labial

adj.

1. Of or relating to the lips or labia.
2. Linguistics. Articulated mainly by closing or partly closing the lips, as the sounds (b), (m), or (w).

n.

1. Linguistics. A labial consonant.
2. Music. See flue¹ (sense ).

[Medieval Latin labiālis, from Latin labium, lip.]

labially la'bi·al·ly adv.

(lā'bē-əl)
n

Of or pertaining to a lip.

Pertaining to a lip, or labium.

• l. ulcer — see eosinophilic ulcer.

IN BRIEF: n. - A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the mouth adj. - Relating to or near a part of the female reproductive organs; Of or relating to the mouth.

Tutor's tip: With "labile" (flexible) lips the flautist lured a sweet "labial" (of the lips) hum from her instrument and received a label (identification) of expert from the critics.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lukke-
n. - labialpibe, labium, labial, læbelyd

Nederlands (Dutch)
lipletter, labiaal(pijp) bij orgels, lipvormig, als lip functionerend, lip-

Français (French)
adj. - (Anat, Ling) labial
n. - (Ling) labiale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Labial, Lippenlaut
adj. - Lippen-, labial

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χειλεόφωνο
adj. - χειλικός

Italiano (Italian)
labiale

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - labial

Русский (Russian)
губной звук, губной

Español (Spanish)
adj. - labial
n. - caño de boca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - labial, läppljud
adj. - läpp-, labial

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唇的, 唇音的, 嘴唇的, 唇音, 风琴管

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 唇的, 唇音的, 嘴唇的
n. - 唇音, 風琴管

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 입술의, 입술 모양의, 순음의
n. - 순자음 , 양순음

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 唇の, 唇音の
n. - 唇音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شفوي, ملفوظ (صفه) متعلق بالشفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של השפתיים, שפתי (עיצור או תנועה)‬
n. - ‮צליל (או עיצור) שפתי‬

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