labiale

French

Adjective

labiale

  1. feminine singular of labial

German

Adjective

labiale

  1. inflected form of labial

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin labiālem, accusative of labiālis (“of the lips”), derived from Latin labium (“lip”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbja.le/, [l̺äˈbjäːl̺e̞]
  • Hyphenation: la‧bià‧le

Adjective

labiale (masculine and feminine plural labiali)

  1. (anatomy) labial, lip (attributive)
  2. (phonetics) labial (whose articulation involves the lips)
    Il termine ‘labiale’ comprende suoni bilabiali, labiodentali, o comunque labializzati.
    The term ‘labial’ encompasses bilabial, labiodental, or otherwise labialized sounds.

Noun

labiale f (plural labiali)

  1. (phonetics) A labial consonant.

labiale m (plural labiali)

  1. lip move

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

labiāle

  1. nominative neuter singular of labiālis
  2. accusative neuter singular of labiālis
  3. vocative neuter singular of labiālis
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