Labial (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling a labium.
  2. of or relating to the lips.
  3. involving lip articulation, as p, v, m, w, or a rounded vowel.
  4. having 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.
noun Phonetics.
  1. any labial consonant, especially a bilabial.
  2. any labial sound.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or near lips or labia
  2. producing sounds by the action of an air stream over a narrow liplike fissure, as in a flue pipe of an organ
  3. relating to a speech sound whose articulation involves movement or use of the lips
noun
  1. an organ pipe with a liplike fissure
  2. a speech sound such as English p or m, whose articulation involves movement or use of the lips
Labial (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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