labial
IPA: ɫɑbiʌɫ
noun
- (linguistics, phonetics) A consonant articulated by the lips.
- (music) An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
- (zootomy) Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.
adjective
- (anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
- (linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
- (dentistry, of an incisor or canine) On the side facing the lips. See mesial.
- (music) Furnished with lips.
Examples of "labial" in Sentences
- Of the two cusps the labial is the larger and more prominent.
- I have a couple of cheeks just dying for your labial lavage, doc.
- You think about your thighs, your outfits, your naso-labial folds.
- These finger-like appendages are called the labial palpi and maxillary palpi.
- El is the article; but when it precedes a word beginning with a letter called a labial, it takes the sound of that letter.
- It's more ... labial than the Monet painting (unless Monet's cathedral was supposed to really be a vagina, in which case, paging Dr. Freud) but what can you do?
- Mexico. 11 The language of Nootka is by no means harsh or disagreeable; for it abounds, upon the whole, rather with what may be called labial and dental, than with guttural sounds.
- The Silver Lizzes of June – July 1963, meanwhile, are even more strategically labial, the screened lipstick applying a slight but distinct upturn to the corners of the mouth that was not present in the original publicity photograph.
- "Their language is by no means harsh or disagreeable, farther than proceeds from their using the _k_ and _h_ with more force, or pronouncing them with less softness than we do; and, upon the whole, it abounds rather with what we may call labial and dental, than with guttural sounds.