单词 | labial |
释义 | labial[ ley-bee-uhl ] / ˈleɪ bi əl / adjectiveof, relating to, or resembling a labium. of or relating to the lips. Phonetics. involving lip articulation, as p, v, m, w, or a rounded vowel. Music. having the tones produced by the impact of a stream of air on a sharp liplike edge, as in a flute or the flue pipes of an organ. noun Phonetics.any labial consonant, especially a bilabial. any labial sound. Origin of labialFrom the Medieval Latin word labiālis, dating back to 1585–95. See labium, -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM labialWords nearby labiallabellist, labellum, labetalol, labetalol hydrochloride, labia, labial, labial artery, labial hernia, labialism, labialize, labialized Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for labialBritish Dictionary definitions for labiallabial / (ˈleɪbɪəl) / adjectiveof, relating to, or near lips or labia music producing sounds by the action of an air stream over a narrow liplike fissure, as in a flue pipe of an organ phonetics relating to a speech sound whose articulation involves movement or use of the lipsa labial click nounAlso called: labial pipe music an organ pipe with a liplike fissure phonetics a speech sound such as English p or m, whose articulation involves movement or use of the lips Derived forms of labiallabiality, nounlabially, adverbWord Origin for labialC16: from Medieval Latin labiālis, from Latin labium lip Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for labiallabial [ lā′bē-əl ] adj.Relating to the lips or labia. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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