See also: Labia and lábia

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin labia (lips), plural of labium (lip).

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: lā'bē-ə
  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.bi.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪbiə

Noun edit

labia pl (normally plural, singular labium)

  1. (anatomy) The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
    Hypernym: genitals
    Hyponyms: labia majora, labia minora

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labia

  1. plural of labium

Usage notes edit

Though usually used as a plural, this noun is also attested as a singular with plural labias or labiae.

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labia f (genitive labiae); first declension

  1. feminine of labium

Inflection edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative labia labiae
Genitive labiae labiārum
Dative labiae labiīs
Accusative labiam labiās
Ablative labiā labiīs
Vocative labia labiae

Descendants edit

  • Languedocien: làbia
  • English: labia

Noun edit

labia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of labium

References edit

  • labia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • labia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin labia.

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labia oblique singularf (oblique plural labias, nominative singular labia, nominative plural labias)

  1. (10th century) lip
    • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger
    La labia li ad restaurat
    He [=God] restored his lip to him

Usage notes edit

  • The Vie de Saint Léger citation is the only known recorded usage of the term.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlabja/ [ˈla.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: la‧bia

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labia f (plural labias)

  1. gift of the gab

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