3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an
articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the
lips, as {b}, {p}, {w}.
2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue
pipe.
3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a
fish or reptile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labial \La"bi*al\, a. [LL. labialis, fr L. labium lip: cf F.
labial. See {Lip}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as labial veins.
2. (Mus.) Furnished with lips; as a labial organ pipe.
3. (Phonetics)
a Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b,
p, m, w.
b Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip
opening, as [=oo] (f[=oo]d), [=o] ([=o]ld), etc., and
as eu and u in French, and ["o], ["u] in German. See
Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 11, 178.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as the labial
palpi of insects. See {Labium}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
labial
adj 1: of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops"
2: relating to or near the female labium
n : a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
[syn: {labial consonant}]
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