Labial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Labial	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Labial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
labial adj of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops" relating to or near the female labium n a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips Synonym(s): labial consonant, labial
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[94]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Labial \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 [oomac] (f[oomac]d), [omac] ([omac]ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and [94], [81] in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 11, 178. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See {Labium}.