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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024la•bi•al /ˈleɪbiəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to the lips.
- Phonetics(of a speech sound) made or pronounced using one or both lips, as the sounds /p/, /v/, /m/, /w/, or /u/.
n. [countable] - Phoneticsa labial speech sound, esp. a consonant.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•bi•al (lā′bē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or resembling a labium.
- of or pertaining to the lips.
- Phoneticsinvolving lip articulation, as p, v, m, w, or a rounded vowel.
- Music and Dancehaving 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.
n. Phonet. - Phoneticsany labial consonant, esp. a bilabial.
- Phoneticsany labial sound.
- Medieval Latin labiālis. See labium, -al1
- 1585–95
la′bi•al′i•ty, n. la′bi•al•ly, adv. |