lèvre

See also: levre

French

Etymology

From Middle French lévre, from Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural) (ca. 980), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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/

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Noun

lèvre f (plural lèvres)

1. lip

Derived terms

• pendu à ses lèvres

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lever

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

lèvre f (plural lèvres)

1. lip