lippe

See also: Lippe

French

Etymology

From Middle French lippe, from Old French lipe, lepe (“underlip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Old Dutch leppa (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lipjô (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”). More at English lip.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lip/

Noun

lippe f (plural lippes)

  1. A lip, especially the lower one when it is large or protruded.

Derived terms
  • faire la lippe
  • lippée
  • lippu

Further reading

Italian

Noun

lippe f

  1. plural of lippa

Middle English

Etymology

Old English lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lipjô (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”).

Noun

lippe (plural lippes)

  1. (anatomy) lip

Descendants
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