labium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
labium (plural labia)
- (anatomy, usually in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin on either side of the vulva.
- Hyponyms: labium majus, labium minus
- (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.
- (entomology) A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.
- (zoology) A liplike part of various invertebrates.
- (music) The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
liplike structure
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lip of a labiate corolla
References[edit]
- “labium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “labium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
labium m (plural labiums)
Further reading[edit]
- “labium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”) + -ium (nominal suffix). Doublet of labrum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈɫ̪äbiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈläːbium]
Noun[edit]
labium n (genitive labiī or labī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | labium | labia |
Genitive | labiī labī1 |
labiōrum |
Dative | labiō | labiīs |
Accusative | labium | labia |
Ablative | labiō | labiīs |
Vocative | labium | labia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of labium in other languages
References[edit]
- “labium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “labium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- labium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
labium n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of labium (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) labium | labiumul |
genitive/dative | (unui) labium | labiumului |
vocative | labiumule |
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
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