labia

See also Labia

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lā'bē-ə

  Rhymes: -eɪbiə

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labialis, from Latin labium (“lip”).

Noun

labia (countable and uncountable; plural labiæ)

1. The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:labia

Related terms

• labia majora
• labia minora
• labial

Translations

folds of tissue at opening of vulva

• Arabic: شفر (ar) (shafr) m

  Egyptian Arabic: شفة (šeffa) f

• Bulgarian: устни (ústni) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰唇 (cmn), 阴唇 (cmn) (yīnchún)

• Dutch: schaamlip (-en)
• Finnish: häpyhuulet (fi) pl
• French: lèvres (fr) f pl, lèvres de la vulve (fr) f pl

• German: Labia (de) pl, Schamlippen (de) f pl
• Luxembourgish: Schimtlëpsen (lb) pl
• Macedonian: усни (úsni) f pl
• Maori: hangutu (mi)
• Spanish: labias f pl
• Volapük: kunudalips (vo)

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Latin

Noun

labia (genitive labiae); f, first declension

1. lip

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	labia	labiae
genitive	labiae	labiārum
dative	labiae	labiīs
accusative	labiam	labiās
ablative	labiā	labiīs
vocative	labia	labiae

Noun

labia

1. nominative plural of labium
2. accusative plural of labium
3. vocative plural of labium