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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LA'BIAL, a. [L. labium, a lip. See Lip.]
Pertaining to the lips; formed by the lips; as a labial articulation. Thus b, p, and m are labial articulations.
LA'BIAL, n. A letter or character representing an articulation of the lips; as b, f, m, p, v.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops"
2: relating to or near the female labium n
1: a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: labial consonant, labial]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin labialis, from Latin labium lip Date: 1594 1. uttered with the participation of one or both lips <the labial sounds f, p, and ü> 2. of, relating to, or situated near the lips or labia • labially adverb II. noun Date: 1668 a labial consonant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 a of the lips. b Zool. of, like, or serving as a lip, a liplike part, or a labium. 2 Dentistry designating the surface of a tooth adjacent to the lips. 3 Phonet. (of a sound) requiring partial or complete closure of the lips (e.g. p, b, f, v, m, w; and vowels in which lips are rounded, e.g. oo in m oon). --n. Phonet. a labial sound. Phrases and idioms: labial pipe Mus. an organ-pipe having lips; a flue-pipe. Derivatives: labialism n. labialize v.tr. (also -ise). labially adv. Etymology: med.L labialis f. L labia lips

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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["o]l.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Labial La"bi*al, 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 [=oo] (f[=oo]d), [=o] ([=o]ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and ["o], ["u] in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 11, 178. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.

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