lippe

See also: Lippe

Afrikaans

Noun

lippe

1. plural of lip

Estonian

Noun

lippe

1. partitive plural of lipp

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lippe, from Old French lipe, lepe (“underlip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Frankish *lippjō (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lip/

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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

• “lippe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

lippe f

1. plural of lippa

Anagrams

• leppi, pepli

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English lippa, from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō.

Noun

lippe (plural lippes)

1. (anatomy) lip

Descendants

• English: lip
• Scots: lip

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lippe f or m (definite singular lippa or lippen, indefinite plural lipper, definite plural lippene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by leppe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lippe f (definite singular lippa, indefinite plural lipper or lippor, definite plural lippene or lippone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of leppe