lippe

Etymology

From Middle French lippe, from Old French lipe, lepe (“underlip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Old Dutch leppa (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lipjô (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”). More at English lip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lip/

Noun

lippe f (plural lippes)

1. A lip, especially the lower one when it is large or protruded.

Further reading

• “lippe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

lippe f

1. plural of lippa

Etymology

Old English lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lipjô (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”).

Noun

lippe (plural lippes)

1. (anatomy) lip