Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin labrum, related to labium, from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (to hang down).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlab.bro/
  • Rhymes: -abbro
  • Hyphenation: làb‧bro
  • (file)

Noun edit

labbro m (plural (with anatomic or figurative meanings) labbra f or (figuratively) labbri m)

  1. (anatomy) lip, labium
  2. (by extension) rim, edge

Usage notes edit

  • The feminine plural le labbra is used with anatomic meanings. Both plural forms are used for figurative meanings.[1]
    Ha delle belle labbra.You have beautiful lips.
    i labbri di una feritathe edges of a wound

References edit

  1. ^ Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana (2012), “LABBRI O LABBRA?”, in La grammatica italiana[1]