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Labial

Labial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Labial? [n] a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [adj] relating to or near the female labium [adj] of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Labial: labial consonant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Labial: accented \| allophone \| alveolar \| apical \| apico-alveolar \| apico-dental \| articulated \| articulation \| aspiration \| assimilated \| assimilation \| back \| barytone \| bilabial \| broad \| cacuminal \| central \| cerebral \| check \| checked \| close \| consonant \| consonantal \| continuant \| dental \| diphthong \| dissimilated \| dissimilation \| dorsal \| epenthetic vowel \| explosive \| flat \| front \| glide \| glossal \| glottal \| glottalization \| guttural \| hard \| heavy \| high \| intonated \| labialization \| labiate \| labiodental \| labiovelar \| laryngeal \| lateral \| lax \| light \| lingual \| lipped \| liquid \| low \| manner of articulation \| mid \| modification \| monophthong \| monophthongal \| morphophoneme \| mute \| muted \| narrow \| nasal \| nasalized \| occlusive \| open \| oxytone \| palatal \| palatalized \| parasitic vowel \| peak \| pharyngeal \| pharyngealization \| pharyngealized \| phone \| phoneme \| phonemic \| phonetic \| phonic \| pitch \| pitched \| plosive \| posttonic \| prothetic vowel \| retroflex \| rounded \| segmental phoneme \| semivowel \| soft \| sonant \| sonority \| speech sound \| stop \| stopped \| stressed \| strong \| surd \| syllabic \| syllabic nucleus \| syllabic peak \| syllable \| tense \| thick \| throaty \| tonal \| tonic \| transition sound \| triphthong \| twangy \| unaccented \| unrounded \| unstressed \| velar \| vocable \| vocalic \| vocoid \| voice \| voiced \| voiced sound \| voiceless \| voiceless sound \| voicing \| vowel \| vowellike \| weak \| wide See Also \| bilabial \| consonant \| labial stop Labial In Webster's Dictionary \La"bial\, 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}. \La"bial\, 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.

Labial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Labial?

[n] a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
[adj] relating to or near the female labium
[adj] of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Labial: labial consonant

See Also | bilabial | consonant | labial stop

Labial In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.


\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.

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