labial

From Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.bi.əl/

labial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
2. (linguistics, phonetics) articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
3. (dentistry) Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
4. (music) Furnished with lips.

   a labial organ pipe

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}
• (linguistics): coronal, dorsal, radical, laryngeal

• illabial
• interlabial
• labiality
• labialize, labialise
• postlabial
• prelabial

labial (plural labials)

1. (linguistics) A labial consonant.
2. (music) An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
3. Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

• (linguistics): bilabial, labiodental

• labial artery
• labial consonant
• labial geyser
• labial-alveolar consonant
• labial-palatal approximant
• labial-palatal consonant
• bilabial click

• abilla, ballia

Borrowed from French la bière.

labial (no plural)

1. beer

• Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /lə.biˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /la.biˈal/

labial (masculine and feminine plural labials)

1. labial

• “labial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin labium + -al.

• IPA^(key): /la.bjal/

labial (feminine singular labiale, masculine plural labiaux, feminine plural labiales)

1. (phonetics, phonology) labial

• bilabial

• labio-vélaire

• “labial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Medieval Latin labiālis.

• IPA^(key): /laˈbi̯aːl/

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labial (not comparable)

1. labial

• bilabial

• IPA^(key): /laˈbjal/, [laˈβjal]

labial (plural labiales)

1. labial