lèvre

See also: levre

French

Une lèvre

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lévre, from Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural) (ca. 980), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”). An Old and Middle French variant, leffre, may have blended with Old High German leffur (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛvʁ/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /laɛ̯vʁ/

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Noun

lèvre f (plural lèvres)

1. lip

Derived terms

• brûler les lèvres
• du bout des lèvres
• être pendu aux lèvres de
• être sur toutes les lèvres
• grandes lèvres
• il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres
• lire sur les lèvres
• pendu à ses lèvres
• petites lèvres
• rouge à lèvres

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lever

Norman

Etymology

From Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”).

Noun

lèvre f (plural lèvres)

1. lip