labia

Borrowed from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).

• (US) enPR: lā'bē-ə IPA^(key): /leɪbi.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /læbi.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪbiə, -æbiə

labia pl (normally plural, singular labium)

1. (anatomy) The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva.

Though usually used as a plural, this noun is also attested as a singular with plural labias or labiae.

• See also Thesaurus:labia

• genitals

• labia majora
• labia minora
• labial
• labium

• Abila, Alabi, baila

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bi.a/, [ˈɫa.bi.a]

labia f (genitive labiae); first declension

1. lip

First declension.

labia

1. nominative plural of labium
2. accusative plural of labium
3. vocative plural of labium

• labia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• labia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Borrowed from Latin labia.

labia f (oblique plural labias, nominative singular labia, nominative plural labias)

1. (10th century) lip

   • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger

     La labia li ad restaurat

     He [=God] restored his lip to him

• The Vie de Saint Léger citation is the only known recorded usage of the term.

labia f (plural labias)

1. gift of the gab