lábio

See also: labio and labio-

Portuguese

lábios

Etymology

From Latin labium (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bju/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bju/ [ˈla.βju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bju/ [ˈla.βju]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bju/

• Rhymes: -abiu, (fast pronunciation) -abju
• Hyphenation: lá‧bi‧o

Noun

lábio m (plural lábios)

1. lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)

   Synonym: beiço

2. labium (liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva)
3. labium (lip of a labiate corolla)

Derived terms

• grandes lábios
• labial
• lábio leporino
• labiodental
• labionasal
• pequenos lábios

Related terms

• lábia
• labiada
• labiado
• labioso

Further reading

• “lábio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026