labial

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
• Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
• On the side facing the lips. See mesial.
• Furnished with lips.

Noun

• A consonant articulated by the lips.
• An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
• Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.

Origin

• Borrowing from Medieval Latin labiālis ("of or pertaining to the lips"), from labium + -ālis; equivalent to labium + -al.